Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection

From: MikeS <*dm561_at_torfree.net*> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:23:58 -0400 Message-ID: <9D8565F2C52A480C9104461127DBE09B@310e2> · dm561_at_torfree.net

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From: "William Levak" <wlevak@SDF.ORG>
To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection

> Torx screws were originally called Bristol screws.  Bristol was an
> instrument manufacturer and they used them in their equipment. I remember
> their strip chart recorders in the 1970s where they were used. You needed
> to get those strange little "Allen-like" wrenches in order to make
> adjustments.  They were also called spline screws.

Umm, no, Bristol screws may look similar but are quite different from Torx, 
and not interchangeable at all (they also come in 4-spline versions BTW); 
strictly speaking, Spline screws are something else again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives


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