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From: vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: precision screwdrivers
Summary: PosiDriv not in Japan
Message-ID: <27953@buckaroo.mips.COM>
Date: 21 Sep 89 05:52:44 GMT
References: <125014@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <PASSARET.89Sep20171336@brahe.crd.ge.com>
Reply-To: vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <PASSARET.89Sep20171336@brahe.crd.ge.com> <passaretti@crd.ge.com> writes:
>
>+    Does anyone have a source for screwdrivers for the "precision" screws used
>+    in Japanese consumer electronics?  I've tried various small Phillips and
>+    jeweler's screwdrivers without much success.
>
>Ah, yes.... Posi-drive.  Look for your local Xcelite distributor.
>They've got Posi blades for their Type-99 (modular) screwdrivers.
>I think they also sell regular drivers in Posi configuration.
>
Actually, Posidriv is rarely found in Japanese-made machinery; something to 
do with patent rights owned by an American company. In contrast, Posidriv has
almost half the "cruxiform" drive fastener market in Europe.