just Google "torx" and select the wikipedia entry... --russ
On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:27 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > Oh, Jonathan -- with that explanation you will surely make it to > become Prince of Geekdom --- but i have one more challenge. Whoever > will be so kind and take a picture of this torxy tooly and e-mail it > to us late comers to the Apple Orchard who only know of flat blade > and phillips screwdrivers and don't even know how to spell those > words. And I shall sign off now and turn my attention to Susan > Neiman's "Evil in modern Thought" yes! > Marta > > > > On Nov 13, 2007, at 22:50, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > >> On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> wrote: >> >>> And you all had me wondering what kind of miracle tool you were >>> searching for ,something to reach deeply into some places i had no >>> idea what and where they might be and wondering all along whether I >>> were not missing some great opportunity to also perform a genius >>> act on my computer. >> >> Oh, Marta! >> >> I heard the other day that the definition of a geek is one who >> actually believes that it is possible to know everything. You sure >> qualify! I can only hope to aspire to your geekiness! I better get >> busy--I only have 28 years left! >> >> The long-shafted torx tool in question was the source of epic tool >> hunts by Mac geeks in the early days of the 128K, 512K, Plus, SE, >> etc. models. The long shaft was required because apple insisted on >> making it hard to get to them. Then you needed a tool called a "case- >> cracker" which was some kind of wedge that you could insert into the >> seams of the case to pry it apart. Something as simple as replacing >> the motherboard battery was turned into an evening of hilarious fun. >> I got pretty good at it myself. Upgrading RAM was a royal pain, >> though, back when the individual chips were soldered onto the mobo. >> >> I looked around for my old torx tool in case I could offer it to a >> list-bud but couldn't find it. Not much need for it anymore. The ones >> Apple uses on their laptops are REALLY tiny. >> >> j. >> >> -- >> Jonathan Fletcher >> jfletch at newmediaconstco.com >> Project Foreman >> NewMedia Construction Co. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
