Triangle pseudo-Robertson screws [was Re: 5" floppy?.]

It's funny you should say that. Earlier in that week (Monday 24th Nov.) a colleague at work decided to try and fix something on one of our analytical machines which was broken. It was something that noone at the lab was trained to do (infact noone I know knows anything about electronics, other than simple PC mobo stuff) and he decided to do it anyway. He was using some pliers with a rubber handle holding a connector and accidentally connected with something (I wasn't actually watching him at the time) almost electrocuting himself. I believe it would only have been 110V, but the machine itself has breakers on which noone had checked to see were off. Suffice to say, management had a stern word with him and a Health & Safety email was sent around the lab. For the record, we aren't officially allowed to change fuses at work - even though we have done it at home loads of times. It's certainly not the safest place to work, that's for sure. Only a couple of months back we lost power for half a day, as the UPS system melted down! Management were rumoured to have ran away from the unit as large arcs of electricity were coming from it. Anyway, I get your point. I joined this list prior to going inside my Dreamcast and Amiga as I knew I needed some electrics advice first. The fact that this turned out to be such a benefit (electrically and computerwise) was a bonus :) Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk --- On Sun, 30/11/08, der Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> wrote: From: der Mouse <mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG> Subject: Triangle pseudo-Robertson screws [was Re: 5" floppy?.] To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Date: Sunday, 30 November, 2008, 3:47 AM I disagree. There is also an argument for them in the form of protecting consumers from the dangerous interiors of appliances. Of course, depending on the appliance, this may not actually be a valid argument. But if there's mains voltage present, it's an argument with some force to it. (While you and I may be competent to fix things, and competent to avoid hurting ourselves even in cases where we aren't able to fix, most small-appliance consumers are neither. Worse, many of them incorrectly think they are.)