21 Jul
1998
21 Jul
'98
12:54 a.m.
While the VT100 case was easy to open the legal
climate changed and easy
to open meant users (meaning idiots) should open it and hurt themselves
so they could sue. Screws like that oen in the VR200 and also others were
meant as a legal dodge as if you went through all the trouble to open that
you were delberate and if anything bad happnes it's on your head not DECs.
As some oen involved in the design process we always had to banance easy
to open with should it be openable at all. I know I was around DEC from
83->93 and worked with the corperate safety folks. You would not believe
the stories we would share...
Allison
Please tell me some!
I actually thought it was to:
1. Discourage third party maintenance.
2. Avoid having the problems caused by the #$%^&* plastic clips on the
VT100 breaking. Is there a cheap source of 'em for my pile of VT100's?
I've been using bolts and crazy glue and nuts when needed.
Bill
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