27 Sep
1999
27 Sep
'99
7:13 a.m.
If it is
properly designed and installed, it will NOT be removable
until after the lock is unlocked. Why have a lock that can simply be
removed instead of using the key?
But, then again, wasn't this about an IBM product?
DEC and DG just used the
locks to eliminate non-operator use of
the control panel, not to eliminate non-authorized access to
the hardware. IBM locked the boxes to eliminate service types as
well as non-operator use of the controls.