At 09:04 AM 11/18/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I've never understood this love of screwdriver-less cases. If I'm going to
>be fixing a computer I'm going to have a soldering station, scope, logic
>analyser, cutters, etc with me. So having a screwdriver set is no big deal
It's not so much for *fixing* as it is for *upgrading*. If you want to swap
in a new floppy drive or add memory or what-have-you, it's much easier on
some computers than others.
S-100's were great in some respects -- just lift the ears and the boards pop
right out. Or, drop 'em in the channels and they slide right in. The Mac
8500AV, on the other hand, requires nearly a complete disassembly just to
add some memory.
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Received on Tue Nov 18 1997 - 20:23:36 GMT