29 Jan
2012
29 Jan
'12
12:45 p.m.
On 29 Jan 2012, at 01:28, Chris M wrote:
you need a case popper. Get what I believe is called a
spring clamp from a hardware store or Home Depot, Lowes. etc. It's like a steel
clothes pin on steroids. Typically they have orange rubber on the handles, bigger ones are
bright green. You get it in the space between the 2 case halves and pry them apart. It
might mar the case a bit (it's been over 15 years since I cracked a Mac I think). Oi
kids.
I'd urge you to try and do it without metal implements if you can - the case is likely
to be more brittle than it was when new. I've handled a lot of aging Apple hardware
over the years and their case plastic wasn't usually the best with age. Not exacly
falling apart but prone to edges chipping and cracking, especially on the analogue board
side where it gets very warm during operation. Of course the majority of my work was done
one SE/30s and Mac II/Mac Quadra era stuff which used the later platinum plastics which
ere not as robust as the beige plastics.
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