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From: forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Michael Scott Forbes)
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Subject: Re: opening Mac SE case (how?)
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Date: 7 Dec 90 05:47:16 GMT
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clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) writes:

>This is particularly true of the power cable, which has a key that isn't
>obvious at first glance. The most spectacular MacAccident I've seen was
>when a friend got mad at the power cable for being so ornery and gave it
>a good hard tug--the cable didn't come out, but his hand flew into the
>neck of the CRT and broke it right off, much to the detriment of the video
>quality. :-)

This is apparently the most common "MacAccident" -- I did this too.
The cable did come out, but cable, hand and all collided with the CRT.
A small glass bead at the neck of the CRT chipped off and rolled away...
Strange hissing (depressurizing) noises emanated from the Mac...

An article in MacUser described the installation process for memory chips,
and warned specifically not to do this.  The article came out about a month
after my Mac came back from the dealer.  :-{

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