Date   : Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:18:39 +0100
From   : "Colin" <cwhill@...>
Subject: Re: Ring-bound Advanced User Guide

Well just remember when chucking out any old electrical stuff of any kind -
strip off everything you can before it goes out. I have done that for years
and yes, I have pots of screws and nuts and bolts but it often saves the day
when you are told "they don't make those any more" or the dreaded "that's
imperial - they only do metric now". No, I have never stripped down a beeb
or acorn so, alas, I haven't got any. Now, a 1972 twin tub washing machine
fixing screw for the wash cycle controller, that's another matter!
Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Ring-bound Advanced User Guide


> On Jul 8, 18:30, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> > Acorn grumble of the day: Why are Atom case screws so hard to find!?
> > I've got about a million different screws and bolts here and nothing
> > that are both the right dimensions and threading to hold an Atom
> > together :-)
>
> Tell me about it :-(   Beeb screws, the proper short mushroom-head
> self-strippers for the PCB, not the similar-but-longer case screws (no
> self-respecting Beeb has case screws fitted) are just as bad.  I found
> a place that will sell me some -- if I order 1000.  Anyone else need a
> few?  [not serious, they're too expensive in small quantities]
>
> -- 
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
>
>