From: "Sridhar Ayengar"
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:14 AM
Vincent Slyngstad wrote:
What I love about jumpers is that they last. I
can bring up a machine
that hasn't been operational in years and not worry about the correct
values for all the settings that the "hardware" has forgotten.
I've always preferred dip switches over jumpers.
I've had those fail to "remember" correctly, presumably due to
oxidation inside. But at least with those you can still read
what the correct settings are supposed to be :-).
Vince