4 Jul
2012
4 Jul
'12
3:24 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Jul 2012, Tony Duell wrote:
I DID put "tamper-proof" in the obligatory quotation marks.
The 5150 did predate the Mac, and used the "tamper-proof" torx on the
power supply. That did necessitate an excursion to another room.
> Not the first one with bit-mapped video.
> Perhaps the first one to NOT give you a test mode. THAT is an invention?
^^^^
sorry! "TEXT"
NOT
necessarily Apple, and all such impediments can be circumvented:
Which is the first personal computer to use "tamper-proof" fasteners to
block user access to the insides? (extra points for having used Velcro on
a previous model!)
Tht does sound like Apple, assuming you think the plastic stuf
fasteners
on the Apple ][ are like Velcro and think that Torx screws are somehow
difficult to remove... Manchester Mk 1? It had CRTs used for the main store,
not video display :-)
Wow! like to see that.
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