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From: c252-aj@juliet.uucp (Trevor I. Blumenau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: opening Mac SE case (how?)
Summary: Use a Ruler!
Message-ID: <9535@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 7 Dec 90 06:09:23 GMT
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In article <40829@ut-emx.uucp> clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) writes:
>In article <267@karp.albany.edu> houch@karp.albany.edu.UUCP (Joseph Houghtaling) writes:
>>
>>Oh for heaven's sake don't shake your Mac over a bed!!!!!!
>>...fer
>>Crisake _buy_one_ from MacConnection.  They sell a Torx key, a static wrist
>>...
>>So go out and get yourself a case spreader and save your Mac!!!
>>
>Don't get all excited, Joe... A case spreader is nice if you have one, but
>I've used the "shake it open" method for four years now, and haven't broken
>my or anyone else's Mac yet.

Jeez guys, use the ol' standard metal ruler trick.  Just put the edge of
a ruler in the crack and twist a bit.  

No shakes, no money, no problems.
(Don't forget that pesky programmer switch!)


Trevor Blumenau 
blumenau@cory.berkeley.edu