In message <200001271815.NAA12644@elvis.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>, Ken Hornstein writes
:
>I have to say that hasn't been my experience with the X-Jack (I've even
>had my laptop slip off of my lap and be held up briefly by the ethernet
>cable -- no problems).  And how does the pin get bent, anyway?

Dunno.  It just seems to happen with age.  I think it may have to do with
getting a slightly bad connection with a cable at some point.  In any event,
it's happened to two of them; now I use Linksys ne2000 clones, and I'm fine.

-s