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From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Case-splitting tool?
Message-ID: <258D1BA5.23951@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 89 17:17:25 GMT
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jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) writes:

>What can you tell me about this "special case-splitting tool?"
>Is it really necessary, and if so, where could I get one (if indeed I can)?

A case splitting tool is completely unnecessary. However, a long-shaft
torx head screwdriver (or hex that will fit the torx pattern) is 
necessary for removing the four screws.

Here's how you open a Mac Plus/SE/SE/30:

 1. Remove the "programmers' switch".
 2. Remove the four case screws (5 if Mac Plus).
 3. Place the Mac screen-down on a soft couch, chair, bed, or other 
    padded surface.
 4. Holding the large flat side surfaces, lift the Mac 6 inches off
    the padded surface.
 5. Move as if to set the Mac down again, but change directions sharply
    one inch away from the padded surface.
 6. The case should slip apart ever so easily. 

Some cases pop apart more easily than others. 

  --scott
 
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Scott Truesdell