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Grex Hardware Item 75: Who can disassemble an Imagewriter II
Entered by tsty on Sun Oct 16 03:29:00 UTC 1994:

Hmmm, I think I'm stumped, darn.
  
Friend borught over an Imagewriter II to get some fix
done to it, like replace the motherboard.
 
Ok, I can take things apart .... until this popped onto my bench!
  
Got a lot of stuff apart but this printer is befuddling!
  
Who knows how to disassemble an Imagewriter II ?
  
I'm down to the guts of the thing, but can't get therest of it
figgered out !?

9 responses total.

#1 of 9 by gregc on Sun Oct 16 18:11:36 1994:

I assume you're looking for something a tad subtler than a sledgehammer
and chainsaw?

#2 of 9 by davel on Sun Oct 16 22:15:17 1994:

Like a torch?

#3 of 9 by gregc on Mon Oct 17 06:12:51 1994:

Yeah, that's the ticket.....

#4 of 9 by davel on Mon Oct 17 10:20:03 1994:

(Um, TS, sorry to be so flip.  It's just helplessness speaking, at least
in my case - anything I can open you can open better, I think.)

#5 of 9 by tsty on Mon Oct 17 17:40:51 1994:

I wish "flip" were the most useful method - -  but no suggestion left
unconsidered! 
  
Actually would consider using a little more force than I've tried
to date, +if+ I knew that a friction-fit was the assembly method.
  
Any suggestions about +where+ I could find out? The local Apple people
have this "attitude" about clues. For $75 an hour they can keep their
attitude. It's a mostly legit charge - but that's if you are completely
unable to do anything.

#6 of 9 by n8nxf on Tue Oct 18 16:44:57 1994:

I have an IW-II but have never had a reason to take it apart.  However,
if someone were to give me a Apple Talk board to go in it, I'll let you
know how I got it apart;-)  (Ever try opening a Power Book or a wall-wart?)

#7 of 9 by mdw on Sun Nov 27 02:36:49 1994:

The original macintosh has special idiot proof screws hidden deep inside
the handle grip - it requires a special screw driver with a weird tip
and a long handle just to reach it.  grr.

The image writer dates from the same time - so it's likely to have some
equally devious trick to dismantling it.

The later mac's come apart much nicer - I think they must have been
inspired by the Lisa.

#8 of 9 by tsty on Sun Nov 27 23:10:27 1994:

Thankxx mdw; i've had no problem with the idiot-proof screws
in the handle - I don;t even need a proven idiot to open
mac+/SE/se-30 boxes.
  
However, this damn imagewriter is streching my idiot tendencies
to the limit! pshaw!

#9 of 9 by n8nxf on Mon Nov 28 12:56:04 1994:

Try opening a PowerBook some time.  ;-)

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