From: ekblaw@vnet.ibm.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 6:46:23 AM UTC-4, David Reichelt wrote:   
      
   > 1.    
   > A Model 80 is locked. We have the key for the other one, but not for the    
   > second. Is there a CLEAN way to pick the lock? And is the lock still for    
   > sale? Anyone have any ideas?    
      
   I suspect that a cylinder lock decoding tool, as shown on some of the   
   LockPickingLawyer videos on YouTube, would allow you to "pick the lock".    
   However, there's an easier way in that costs you nothing.  Take a good look at   
   the case cover of the open    
   Model 80 so that you can see how the lock latch engages in the case.  Next,   
   set your open Model 80 case cover on a carpeted floor and practice leaning   
   your weight into it so that it flexes outward in the middle.  Once you have   
   the feel for this, do the    
   same flexing operation on the locked Model 80 and sharply pull on the back   
   middle of the cover so that either the bottom latches pop out or the key latch   
   skips over the inner catch and you are done.  Back in the day I did this   
   regularly when keys were    
   lost, I could pop open a Model 60 or 80 in seconds.   
      
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