5" floppy?.

Alexander Schreiber als at thangorodrim.de
Tue Nov 25 15:37:11 CST 2008


On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 03:03:39AM -0800, David Griffith wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Christian Corti wrote:
> 
> > As soon as they start using screws with metric threads ;-)
> 
> Something I'd like to see is a serious effort to get rid of phillips
> screws.  The damn things strip out easily, slip out easily, and require
> considerable pushing.  Hex screws are okay, but when they get tiny, they
> too will strip easily.  Square-head or torx would be best.

Around here (Switzerland) I see people using Torx quite a lot.

Regards,
       Alex.
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