Date   : Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:36:46 +0000
From   : Tim Fardell <timf@...>
Subject: Re: Removing ROMs from Issue 7 board

Mark Usher wrote:
> 
> > > Why not use a bent spoon or a blunt knife like the
> > rest of us :-)
> > > Because it takes ages to get the butter off the ROMs
> > ?
> > Ho ho ho *jingle-jingle...forced rofl....simulated
> > hysterics*
> >
> > Anyone else find that funny?
> Yes, I did. Even if you didn't find it funny _the list_ isn't really
> bothered.
> 
> > No seriously, I think if you use a knife then the
> > danger is that it's too wide and so you'll short the
> > ROMs if it touches the legs.
> 
> Only if you leave the computer turned on, which is what I'd expect from an
> idiot, and I wasn't that serious about using a knife anyway.
> 
> Really, you do get the wrong end sometimes - sometimes to often.
> 
> Mark

I once used a pickaxe to remove some roms from my Beeb. I understand
that scythes and even sledge hammers can be used. Be careful you don't
short out the pins with the metal head. 

Tim. 


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