IBM 5155 analogue display fault

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Fri, 27 May 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 01:56 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> > > Oh heck, yes. I went through every alan key and torx bit I had trying to
> > > find something that would fit the former. Ended up with a good ol' pair
> > > of long-nosed pliers, and those bristol spline screws are getting
> > > replaced with something a little more conventional on reassembly!
> >
> > NO!! Those screws are part of the machine and should be kept. I feel very
> > strongly about keeping odd fasteners, etc in machines, to replace them
> > with anything else does change the character of the machine IMHO. Surely
> > you can buy a set of Bristol Spline keys (I think Farnell do them...)
>
> It's the sort of tool that not many people have though. Why make life
> difficult for the next person who comes along and has to fix the
> machine? The only reason I can think of for using those screws is that
> people were expected to go inside the case to swap cards every so often,
> but they weren't supposed to be poking around in the display section.

Just place the originals screws in a pouch (and for Tony, with a note
explaining what they're doing in there) and fasten it to the inside of the
computer somewhere.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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