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dianec42 ([personal profile] dianec42) wrote2006-04-28 12:41 pm
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Oh, help me!

I'm turning into one of those Old Fart Geeks that have always amused me so...

I was just swapping old Mac stories with a cow orker, and I had to explain what "BMO" stands for.
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[identity profile] dianec42.livejournal.com 2006-04-28 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Bent Metal Object. It's the technical term for the bent paper clip that you need to use to get at the reset button, the emergency floppy eject, etc.

[identity profile] cahwyguy.livejournal.com 2006-04-28 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Never knew there was a term for it, but I do remember using BMOs to eject floppies from the Lisa (which had the slowest floppy drive in history).

[identity profile] asimovberlioz.livejournal.com 2006-04-28 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
OIC.

Back when I used to service a particular model of IBM portable, I would come to examine the unit, and then tell the user that I needed a particular tool to open it, which was carefully manufactured to precise specifications by legislated order of the United States government.

I would then reach into my pocket, pull out a nickel, and use it to unscrew the big bolt.

[identity profile] bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com 2006-04-28 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I've heard it called an "iClip"....

[identity profile] madbodger.livejournal.com 2006-04-28 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
As one of my cow orkers used to put it when someone asked him for a paperclip: "deployed or non-deployed?"

Actually hadn't heard the BMO TLA, my best guess was Bitchin' Multiple Orgasm (which should be a band name).

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