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From: rush@mnementh.metaphor.com (Ed Rush)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Case-splitting tool?
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Date: 18 Dec 89 23:51:54 GMT
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In article <1989Dec18.035636.7591@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> jxf@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain) writes:
>What can you tell me about this "special case-splitting tool?"
>  --Jerry

The special tool is kinda pliers-like, but with two broad (5"?)
metal edges that force the two case halves apart.  It reminds
me of a hammerhead shark.  Anyhow, it looks convenient, but
I just use a good steel 12-inch ruler; put its edge into the
slot, press down, and push the middle while pulling the ends.
A screw driver is indeed a bad idea, because it puts too little
surface on the Mac's surface and thereby tends to cut or shred
the Mac instead of prying.
  -----------------------------------------
  Ed Rush, employed by but not speaking for
  Metaphor Computers, Mt. View, CA
                     "The reason angels can fly is that
                      they take themselves so lightly."