Posted by Greg Melton on 08/06/07 17:39

On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:59:40 -0000, tonsofpcs <tonsofpcs@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Aug 3, 3:23 am, Larry in AZ <usen...@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com>
>wrote:
>> Now, I know what you're meaning by "breakaway." My original conception was
>> something that safely pulled out if the cable was stepped on or tugged.
>
>I don't know about the rest of the folks here but I don't see a
>breakaway as such as a good thing. If someone steps on your cable,
>you lose audio?!!? It is probably best to just have a lot of extra
>slack on the cable and have it running in a way/place that no one
>should be stepping on it.

You're taking the term "breakaway" literally. In fact it is a cable
that has a connecting point that can split apart when a collar on the
connector is pulled back to release the connection. It does not just
come apart when tension is applied.

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