Date   : Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:50:19 +0100
From   : zeem.uk@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Free Stuff Tranche 1 (Sheffield)

On 9 April 2010 19:49, Mike Tomlinson <mike@...> wrote:

> Wouldn't have thought the cable was long enough.

It *just* reaches out the front, if I recall correctly.

>>1. Don't lose the write protect pin
>>2. Don't lose the write protect pin
>>3. Don't lose the write protect pin
>
> You did, didn't you? :o)

Only once, but fortunately I had a load of untested spare drives I
bought in a boxful on PCW bits from an auction (looked like a shop
clearout).

> If you ever drop a screw or other small component, _watch where it
> falls_ then you know where it is. ?Otherwise you can spend hours hunting
> and swearing.

Doesn't always work - I've found they can bounce off hard floors so
fast you can't see where they've gone, sometimes I've found the screw
a ridiculous distance away.

> ?On return home made the
> bed (shaking the duvet out and turning it over) then wondered where the
> screws were...

I've got a Sony HitBit at work that I took the three case screws out
of from underneath, as I plan to strip it and clean it up (it's
working but filthy). I put the screws on top of the machine. *Three
times* now I've absent-mindedly picked the machine up to look at it,
dropping the screws. I now only have two, but fortunately they'll be
easy to replace.

-- 
Alex Taylor