Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Thu Apr 4 22:37:00 2002

Tony Duell wrote:
> Then the world is screwed up (but that's nothing new). PCs in the UK are
> assmebled with 6-32 UNC screws (which we find hard to get) mostly. I
> suppose yours are assembled with M3 screws, right :-)

I'm not sure what size they are. I run into several sizes actually.
Once on a while, I get desperate for a screw and start digging through
my collction of screws from when I was into R/C cars. Usually, I can't
find a match, metric or SAE.

I do have one big unused server case, made in the US, by Tandy, for
Grid, for the US Government. It does use 6/32. If I ever do use it
again, I'll be switching all the screws to "allen" head button type screws.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Received on Thu Apr 04 2002 - 22:37:00 BST