Subj : No Agenda Podcast
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Sep 28 2022 08:29 am

 Re: No Agenda Podcast
 By: MRO to Moondog on Tue Sep 27 2022 10:24 pm

>   Re: No Agenda Podcast
>   By: Moondog to Wormwood on Tue Sep 27 2022 03:54 pm
>
>  >
>  > I also miss zdnet and TechTV.  It' sbeen ages since I listened to twit.
>  > Speaking of Dvorak, there's an episode of Computer Chronicles where has a
>  > appearance with the "new" IBM PS/2.  He was there to demonstrate it's "to
>  > free" disassembly for upgrade and service (no need for tool kits in the
>  > future. )
>  >
>
> oh yeah. back then they were engineering all kinds of contraptions and plast
>

The tool free design was a good idea, but standardizing screw head sizes and
trying to keep screws a standard size was a better idea.  Some cases had a
combination of both flat head and phillips head screws, while Compaq was one
of the first companies to move to star/ torx screws to keep knuckleheads with
butter knives out of their cases.

Another source of the comlaint was from mainframe techs who were being forced
into working on desktops.  The were used to working in more spacious chassis,
and it didn't require tearing half the system apart to pull a hard drive.
Retaining trays held in by one or two screws shaved time off of replacing
parts.

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