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A retro problem (fedia.io)
submitted 10 months ago by Maven@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Pretty sure the little slit was so that you could use a flathead screwdriver. Had to do that a couple times

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago

Then one side of the driver notch shears off

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

those slots were near useless.

edit to say: one trick was to use the blank expansion slot plates to gently break the vice like grip the screw had in the hex stand-off. the metal used on the cheap "digit remover" cases was sometimes soft enough to loosen the thumb screws via the driver slot without the thumb screw breaking.

still nearly useless though.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

We referred to those blank expansion slot metal pieces as "keys." They were useful lockpicks.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

TIL!!

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, I could’ve been doing it wrong lol