Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!hpl-opus!hpccc!lkraft From: lkraft@hpccc.HP.COM (Lyle Kraft) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: WHat are those holes for? Message-ID: <4990005@hpccc.HP.COM> Date: 19 Jul 88 18:30:11 GMT References: <10790@oberon.USC.EDU> Organization: HP Corporate Computing Center Lines: 9 Another possibility for the holes is to prevent a piece of equipment from being plugged in. That is, a defective piece of equipment that has been identified as a safety hazard but has not yet been repaired. A small padlock may be slipped through one or both holes to prevent insertion into an outlet. My $0.02 worth.