On NCR's idea ... A little caveat .... One must be very very careful of the read-only tab lock when messing 'directly' with adapters and cards though. They are a feces show to begin with, and if you need to r/w on the little beasts, small physical changes can mess up the r/w function, even if not physically, sometimes their alignment.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:38 AM, <nathanr...@charter.net> wrote: > Adam, > > My suggestion is a variation of Kevin's. Adhesive strip on SD card > (exposed 1/8 th inch). This would require removing XO back to remove strip > /card. > > Second variation: jam lock/unlock tab. There is a slot in the card > holder metal can. Inserting a small plastic piece (tape in place) will > block the tab so SD card can not be removed.. > > Nathan > > ----------------------------------------- > From: "Kevin Gordon" > To: "Adam Holt" > Cc: "Unleash Kids!", "Devel's in the Details", "Community Support > Volunteers -- who help respond to help AT laptop.org" > Sent: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:48:53 -0400 > Subject: Re: [support-gang] [UKids] Glueing SD cards into XO laptops > > Adam, we tried silicon over the slot applied from the inside, not glue. > :-) Cards fail, and removing them once the case is off, without causing > damage, was also a 'use case'. > > What ended up being a more reliable method to prevent theft, was not using > micro-SD's in adapters, but only full size cards. Then, one educates the > students that the cards have great value in the machines, and because of > their size and 'formatting', virtually zero use outside of them. Manually > monitoring the machines state also works when they are used mainly in > classroom settings and are 'assigned' to specific students. Very few of > our user base have the ability to quickly take a case apart, or know how to > repartition cards that use unix file systems. Since there are also few > devices in the environment which can take a native full size card, the > trouble to steal them, is usually more than it's worth. > > Depending on your user stories, to quote the vernacular, your mileage may > vary. > > KG > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> As many thousands of SD cards are now being considered to be retrofit >> into legacy XO's, in quite exciting new experiments with content-packed >> OS's, Kevin Gordon is way ahead of us all as usual: >> >> What glues do people recommend, to reduce temptation from young kids who >> fidget/grab anything they can? >> >> Can we come up with the best glues/brand-names/techniques to mitigate >> this very real problem, that small objects wander off, in small hands >> especially? >> >> Also a somewhat more permanent glue is desired by many schools I talk to, >> who face a very real risk of overt theft, as 32GB or 64GB SD cards >> represent a week or a fortnight's salary for a teacher/janitor in many of >> the countries where we work :-( >> >> The equivalent in NYC (where an increasing number of teachers are paid >> $100,000+/year) might be to leave $4000 gold coins on every student's desk, >> and to very naively/pretentiously expect none will walk :-) >> >> -- >> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ <http://unleashkids.org> >> http://unleashkids.org ! >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Unleash Kids" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit <https://groups.google.com/d/optout> >> https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org ! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Unleash Kids" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to unleashkids+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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