Subj : No Agenda Podcast
To : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Fri Sep 30 2022 01:12 pm
Re: No Agenda Podcast
By: MRO to Moondog on Thu Sep 29 2022 04:00 pm
> Re: No Agenda Podcast
> By: Moondog to MRO on Wed Sep 28 2022 10:20 pm
>
> > My Compaq Portable II from 1986 had torx or star head screws. Later on i
>
> that's probably because they didn't want you to service it.
> > My Compaq Portable II from 1986 had torx or star head screws. Later on i
> > the late 1990's I saw they retained them in the Compaq Deskpro desktops.
> > They used green thumb screws to remove the side panel, and the thumb scre
> > had a flat head slot plus the torx slot.
>
> i never saw torx screws on a compaq or green thumb screws. i have seen big t
> i had a whole room full of 286's 386's and older junk. like you couldn't see
>
I agree Compaq was using torx screws to keep the idiots using butter knives
as screwdrivers from touching something they shouldn't.
Regarding the Compaqs with no torx screws, were they business class or home/
small office machines? Not sure if there was a separation back then. The
Deskpros we were pulling out of service and the newer models at the time (PII
450's) all had the thumb screws on the outside and torx screws holding hard
drives in their trays.
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