Atari ST connectors (was: Atari SIO bus connectors found)

[der Mouse]

> 1) Applying a sideways force (not just a torque) to the tap.  Often
> by using a ppoor tap wrench

> I suspect a tap extractor would work for case (1), but the sort of
> person to have a tap extractor is also the sort of person to use the
> right tap wrench and apply an even torque to it.

Yes...but everyone makes mistakes occasionally.  (Which is why tap
extractors find a market, I daresay.)

I've broken tools like drill bits and taps now and then.  Most of them
are things like my grip slipping or some such - where I knew what to do
and was trying to do it, but Something Went Wrong - but there have been
a few cases that were pure brain fade....

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