4 Jan
2010
4 Jan
'10
2:21 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Shoppa, Tim <tshoppa at wmata.com> wrote:
More insane things have happened. Witness the
VAXstation II RC, where
RC stood for "reduced configuration". DEC took a perfectly normal Q-bus
Backplane, with installed edge connectors, then filled the edge connectors
?with epoxy to prevent users from installing third-party peripherals. All
to sell at a price lower than the normal Microvax II's (about $6K IIRC.)
When DEC found out that folks were taking advantage of them by buying a
VAXStation II RC and swapping out the backplane, the responded by pouring
The epoxy so that it glued the backplane to the chassis, as well. A few folks
Got these and then managed to chisel out the old backplane.
Sounds like the nintendo wii modding scene. Nintendo started putting
epoxy on the key chip the modders were targeting. Turns out you can
heat up the epoxy with a small torch and it pops right off.
brian