Interesting technique for removing tape discovered

Someone sent me an unassembled Ohio Scientific Superboard II kit in its original box the other day. Unfortunately, they didn't put the original box inside another box before applying tape and the Fedex shipping receipt pouch on the box (over the original OS label). So I had to carefully peel off the various stickies. I was able to do a pretty good job and except for the label tearing due to age, I was able to remove the pouch without damaging it. When I was removing the tape I accidently discovered that if I pulled the tape in a horizontal plane, it actually causes the tape to lift from the box without taking the top layer of the cardboard or any paper labels with it. Grab on to the tape and start pulling on it (hard) rather than peeling it back. It will lift off. The kind of tape I am referring to here is the clear packaging tape. Anyway, something to try the next time someone does this to you. To avoid this, be sure to have your sender put any original boxes inside another box before shipping. I didn't realize this was coming in the original box or else I would have instructed him to do so. -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org * Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *