I got quite
good and peeling off those 'Removing this label voids the
warranty' stickers over one of the case screws of later TRS-80 devices. I
never bothereed to put them back, just stuck them on a sheet of silicone
paper (backing from Letraset ru-down letters) in case I ever did want to
return the unit. Never did of course, it was less hassle to fix it myself.
wot?! You don't just punch through it with the screwdriver? ;)
Well, I do that _now_ because I don't care about the warranty. It's less
hassle and often cheaper just to fix the darn thing myself if it goes
wrong. In fact the only thing I'e ought new relatively recently and not
voided the warranty on the first day of owning it was my lathe, but
that's only becasue you're _expected_ to take that apart. You even get a
set of spanners and allen keys included to do just that.
But back then I knew a little less about computer hardware, and I
actually thought that the manufactuers service department moght actually
have some clue. So I might have stuck the label back on and taken the
machine in for repair.
-tony