At 03:07 -0500 on 16/11/02, SuperMacs List wrote: >Jeff W wrote... SNIPPED
> >Are these difficult to find in the UK? Any hardware store that >>carries fasteners stocks them here, but we've barely made a baby step >>towards metric despite good intentions starting three decades ago. > > Everything is hard to find in the UK backwoods - even the normal HD >body/bracket screws are difficult to track down locally. I had to order >the scsi adapters from the US of A. I've used the screws from the pci >blanks for the HD's. Looks messy round the back... 2 things which may or may not be of use.. www.maplin.co.uk Not as good as they used to be but a fat catalogue of many small parts. You can purchase the paper copy in any big WH Smiths www.hcpcables.co.uk (all sorts of adaptors etc.. If they don't have what you need, they may be able to make something up.. Helpful people. SNIPPED... Your local MUG (if you have one) may be of use.. www.apple.com/uk/usergroups UK MUGS will be represented on stand G12 in the Gallery Hall at MacExpo 2002 UK next week. A number of new UK Mac User Groups were started as a result of enquiries last year, so theres probably someone out there!-) // Jim -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
