22 Jul
1998
22 Jul
'98
3:02 p.m.
Max Eskin wrote:
Do you have those weird two-prong things? My building
is full of them
They're screws with a rounded head, and nothing on it but two little
pits.
We used to use screws with heads like these on pc cases at work. They have
fallen into non-use since we found out how easy they are to take out
otherwise.
BTW, you could make your own "screwdriver" for them by
grinding/filing/whatever a flat-bladed screwdriver. Just cut a notch out of
the middle of the tip, leaving 2 pins in the right places.
Stan
> > Ever done an IBM 5151 monitor? It's
painful, and the details are
not in
> > any IBM manual (for all there's a
schematic given).
>
> The thing I don't like about a lot of IBM stuff is the torx screws
with a
> pin in the middle to stop as ordinary torx
bit fitting. (I have been
known
Yes, PC power supplies tend to be full of them. The proper tool - a
tamperproof Torx bit - is pretty easy to obtain, actually. As are
tamperproof hex (like allen keys with a hole in the middle), tri-wing,
Torq, etc. I have the lot...
-tony
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