Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection

From: HÁRSFALVI Levente <publicmailbox_at_harsfalvi.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:32:30 +0200
Message-ID: <5357C0EE.80603@harsfalvi.net>
Hi!,


On 2014-04-23 04:09, MikeS wrote:
>>> What are they called, BTW?
>>>
>>
>> We call them Torx bits/sockets but they are also known as star
>> bits/sockets in other places.
> 
> Oops; you're absolutely right, they're just normal Torx screws; for some
> reason I thought they were the five point variant.
> 
> Sorry for the detour; let's get back to memory bits instead of Torx
> bits....

Just my 2 cents... Here, literally nobody knew these Torx screws until
maybe the last 20 years, either. When they appeared first they also met
unappreciation, and (I'd somewhat agree that) they did that for a
reason. The situation became better past years with the general
availability of tools but Torx is still not "that" appreciated today.
People generally don't need/want to deal with them unless they have to
fix modern cars and consumer stuff. Torx might have come because of some
manufacturers decisions, not the metric system itself IMHO.


Levente


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