Opening an Amiga 500 - which Torx?

[AmigaHeretic]

If you get an A500 with Torx screws it will be a Torx T-10.

Or if you happen to have one of those small Swiss Army knifes, then the end of the nail file works perfect to open up an A500.  It will fit right into the T-10 screw head.




edit:

Posted to late, see you already got it.  Swiss army knife use to be great for opening an A500 in an emergency though!!

[AmigaHeretic]

Zac67 wrote:
Very strange - I repaired a couple of (dozens) of A500s back in the early 90s. None of them had torx screws - it seems C= Germany didn't use them, but many 500s came from elsewhere.  :-?

Only ones I ever played with were here in the U.S. and if I had to try to remember where they were made I would have to say the Philipines, but not sure.

I think the A1200s here had normal screws which was pretty exciting at the time.

I sure my A1000 had normal screws, A1200, A2000 of course.  So remembering back I think it was just the A500s here.

I learned the Swiss Army knife trick from another Amiga user back in the day.  I thought all Amiga users had to use the Swiss Army knife trick!

Even to this day when I see those little knives I always think, Torx T10!!