Security bits

From: Chris <mythtech_at_Mac.com>
Date: Tue Jan 22 14:17:35 2002

>They look like a Torx screw head turned inside out. Imagine something
>between a pan head and a round head (ie slightly domed) with six small
>notches in the edge. The sides are sloping/curved and they're usually
>hardened, and the edges of the notches are slightly rounded off so you
>can't get a grip with pliers. There's a picture at
>http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman/zeroscrew.jpg

MCM sells bits for this. They market them as "Nintendo Type Screws" or
something like that, and say they are used to open NES Games (and is just
what I bought mine for... to replace the battery in a Monopoly cart).
IIRC, they sold the two different sizes I have as a single pack.

-chris

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