19 Nov
1997
19 Nov
'97
5:09 a.m.
At 12:41 11/19/97 +0000, ARD wrote:
Certainly I take your point, but the context here is one of unrivaled
banality. Your "just a board/cable that needs reseating" covers about 90%
of the "emergencies" of this type that come anywhere near me. Both 5.25
floppies and MFM hard disks have connectors that loosen spontaneously. IDE
"controllers" pop out of their sockets, for some reason. And there was
always the lady who thought her computer "didn't work" because the
connector to the hard disk LED had popped off -- even though that was all
that was wrong.
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where I'm
at someone's house for dinner, and they say "Oh, BTW, my
computer's not working," and I didn't bring a screwdriver and they
don't
own a #2 Phillips.
And just what are you going to do when you've pulled the cover? Unless
it's just a board/cable that needs reseating you're going to need some
test equipment, a soldering iron, etc., anyway. I have _never_ been anywhere
with that sort of equipment and not had a screwdriver with me.
Heck, if I was in somebody else's house I'd probably have my trusty
Leatherman with me. 
6:59 a.m.
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Kip Crosby wrote:
It's a pocket toolkit, much loved by hardware hackers. Basically, it's a
pair of pliers that folds up with a knife blade, saw, screwdrivers, file,
etc in the handles. I suppose it could be used as a LART.
The true Leathermans are made from stainless steel, are very well made,
and are expensive. There are cheap 'clones' of them, but I've never tried
one. I am told that there are other similar tools which are equally well
made, equally expensive, but of a somewhat different design.
My only moan is that the only Phillips screwdriver is a #2. I'd like a
slightly different selection of tools (I'd miss out one of the cutting
edges - I thing there are _3_), and put in a #1 Phillips for starters),
but as it is, it's still a useful thing for trivial repairs.
-tony
At 12:41 11/19/97 +0000, ARD wrote:
>Heck, if I was in somebody else's house
I'd probably have my trusty
>Leatherman with me.
^^^^^^^^^^
Well, I know it's a LART of some kind... What's a leatherman exactly?
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