28 Jan
2003
28 Jan
'03
5:39 a.m.
Greetings programs.
I must de-lurk here for a video game related item :)
The security bits used to open Sega and Nintendo items are 4.5mm and 3.8mm
inverted torx bits. www.mcmelectronics.com
part numbers 22-1150 and 22-1145 and they are listed at $1.99 each. They
also have the tri wing bits that open gamecube and gameboy stuff.
They are also a source for replacement cartridge edge connectors and other
video game hardware.
I promise my next post will be about free CBM and PET computers in the
Philadelphia PA USA area. :)
Mark
webmaster
www.vulcanjedi.com 30 years of game history!
Message: 19
From: "Sue & Francois" <fauradon(a)frontiernet.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Tamper proof tools
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:00:23 -0800
Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Yep there they are again :) Now that I have a few names to search with I can
find exactly what I need. But at $15 a piece that makes it spendy at the
moment. But hey it's for the nomad after all... :)
Thank you
Francois
Minnesota
28 Jan
28 Jan
1:11 p.m.
OK I ordered the two that they had, I guess for that price I can have them
both. Plus I have game gear and genesis to work with.
Thanks to all that answered.
Francois
Minnesota
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vulcanjedi Classic" <classiccmp(a)vulcanjedi.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: Tamper proof tools
Greetings programs.
I must de-lurk here for a video game related item :)
The security bits used to open Sega and Nintendo items are 4.5mm and 3.8mm
inverted torx bits. www.mcmelectronics.com
part numbers 22-1150 and 22-1145 and they are listed at $1.99 each. They
also have the tri wing bits that open gamecube and gameboy stuff.
They are also a source for replacement cartridge edge connectors and other
video game hardware.
I promise my next post will be about free CBM and PET computers in the
Philadelphia PA USA area. :)
Mark
webmaster
www.vulcanjedi.com 30 years of game history!
Message: 19
From: "Sue & Francois" <fauradon(a)frontiernet.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Tamper proof tools
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:00:23 -0800
Reply-To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Yep there they are again :) Now that I have a few names to search with I
can
find exactly what I need. But at $15 a piece that
makes it spendy at the
moment. But hey it's for the nomad after all... :)
Thank you
Francois
Minnesota
5:59 p.m.
Speaking of tamper-proof screws, does anyone know the name for the
ones that need a triangular-tip bit/driver? It's not a tri-wing, since
it doesn't have "wings". Just a triangular hole in the head.
I've got square bits. I think there's a name for those, but I've
forgotten it.
I've also seen some screw heads that have three tiny round holes, arranged
in a triangular pattern.
11:58 p.m.
At 12:02 AM 1/29/03 -0800, you wrote:
Speaking of tamper-proof screws, does anyone know the
name for the
ones that need a triangular-tip bit/driver? It's not a tri-wing, since
it doesn't have "wings". Just a triangular hole in the head.
Lara tools just calls them triangular resess.
I've got square bits. I think there's a name for those, but I've
forgotten it.
In Canada they call those Robertson bits. They use them a lot more than we do in the US.
The last time I was up there they were using them for dry wall screws, installing
electrical boxs in houses, etc.
I've also seen some screw heads that have three
tiny round holes, arranged
in a triangular pattern.
I've never seen those or the tools to R/R them (and I have a BOX full of bits).
I'm guessing that they're proprietary to one company.
Joe
29 Jan
29 Jan
4:50 a.m.
On 29 Jan 2003, , Joe wrote:
At 12:02 AM 1/29/03 -0800, you wrote:
I use Robertson screws all the time. I have yet to have
one strip when removing them. They come in at least 3
sizes and the screwdrivers are color coded according to
size. Black, Red,and Green. Can't remember the
dimensions. Many manufacturers are now supplying them
in dual Roberson, blade form.
Lawrence
lgwalker@ mts.net
Speaking of tamper-proof screws, does anyone know
the name
for the ones that need a triangular-tip bit/driver? It's
not a tri-wing, since it doesn't have "wings". Just a
triangular hole in the head.
Lara tools just calls them triangular resess.
I've got square bits. I think there's a name for those,
but I've forgotten it.
In Canada they call those Robertson bits. They use them a
lot more than we do in the US. The last time I was up
there they were using them for dry wall screws, installing
electrical boxs in houses, etc.
Joe 
2:50 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
In Canada they call those Robertson bits. They use
them a lot more
than we do in the US. The last time I was up there they were using them
for dry wall screws, installing electrical boxs in houses, etc.
I use them quite a lot. They're a lot less easy to strip than philips.
Peace... Sridhar
28 Jan
28 Jan
8:41 p.m.
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Vulcanjedi Classic wrote:
From: "Sue & Francois"
<fauradon(a)frontiernet.net>
Note that those are not inverted torx bits. They are actually the external
linehead type that I mentioned in a previous email.
-Toth
Yep there they are again :) Now that I have a few
names to search with
I can find exactly what I need. But at $15 a piece that makes it
spendy at the moment. But hey it's for the nomad after all... :)
The security bits used to open Sega and Nintendo items are 4.5mm and
3.8mm inverted torx bits. www.mcmelectronics.com part numbers 22-1150
and 22-1145 and they are listed at $1.99 each. They also have the tri
wing bits that open gamecube and gameboy stuff. They are also a source
for replacement cartridge edge connectors and other video game hardware.
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