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Re: cabling down NeXT turbo color ?? Possible ?

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From: Sherwood Botsford
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:15
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Anthony Holland writes
> I want to place our new turbo color machine in a nice  
public space where  
> we can show it off, but does anybody know if there's a  
way to cable the  
> thing to the table ??  (i.e. some secret holes/slots I  
can use to run  
> cable through ...I can't find any).  Thanks

I would take the following steps:

1.  Take the single screw that holds on the case, and go to  
a specialty bolt supply house, and ask for one that has  
matching threads, but takes a really weird tool to remove  
it.  (Like a drill...)

2.  Take your next to the place you wish to install it.

3.  Open the case.

4.  drill serveral holes through the bottom.  (Work around  
the pc board.)

5.  Attach the bottom to the table with large screws.

6.  Close next with special screw.

This still leaves them free to steal mouse, keyboard and  
monitor, but the cpu is fairly secure.

Alternately, several companies market glue on hasps.  You  
epoxy these onto the various parts, and the table, then run  
a cable through them all.   Only as secure as your cable.

Finally, set up another machine to ping that demo machine  
every minute.  If the ping doesn't return, raise all hell.
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