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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Case-splitting tool?
Message-ID: <9334@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 18 Dec 89 18:42:55 GMT
References: <1989Dec18.035636.7591@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>
Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco
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In article <1989Dec18.035636.7591@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu
(Jerry Frain) writes:
>I would like to avoid this
>situation in the future by doing future work inside of the case
>(when possible) myself.
>
>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)?

It's not really necessary; any broad, thin metal plate of some strength
can be inserted into the groove in the case and used to pop it open.  I
seem to recall using a blunt kitchen knife for the purpose once long
ago.  However, Dove has a two-piece tool kit that has both the funny
screwdriver and an easy-to-use case cracker for $15.  It's overpriced,
but on an absolute scale, that's still not much to spend.
-- 
Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com

"I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and
 danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning."
    -- Aleister Crowley, THE BOOK OF LIES