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Re: Opening a PowerBook

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From: Alan W. Frame
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 00:00
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Rebecca and Rowland <real-address-in-sig@flurbletigibbet.rhubarb.foobar>
wrote:
> Matthew Greenfield <matti@grnfield.u-net.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the advice but it looks like I need a special screwdriver,
> > some sort of star shape, a double phillips (?) or something.
> > 
> > It's probably 45 quid + VAT from an Apple dealer.
> 
> Ah - one of them Torx drivers.  You can get them from places like
> Halfords and other car shops, Maplin, etc., for very much less than �45.
>[]
> However...  You'll probably find that an ordinary straight-bladed
> screwdriver or small Allen key will do the job - a 3mm screwdriver is a
> neat fit in the T-15 Torx fasteners that hold my Mac Plus together.

FWIW, you use *exactly* the same Torx driver to open a compact Mac as
you use to remove the front seat of a Mini Metro....

DAMHIK. :-)

rgds, Alan
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From: alan.frame@acm.org (Alan W. Frame)
Subject: Re: Opening a PowerBook
Date: 1998/02/19
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