farber%udel-eecis1.udeecis@udel-ee.arpa (11/19/83)
From: Dave Farber <farber%udel-eecis1.udeecis@udel-ee.arpa> With the rate of rip offs of IBM PCs, the following is worth looking at. Anchor Pad Security Services of Silver Springs MD (301-589-7474) sells a anchor system for the pc that ties down the system unit and the monitor with quick key removal, no drilling in desks or PC, correct ventilation and you cannot get inside without the key. I talked with them and it sounds very good. Educational price ~270. quantity 1, $260 2-9 and $250 > 9. They claim IBM and many in the Federal government use them. Dave
robison@eosp1.UUCP (11/21/83)
I looked at the Anchor pad technology at an industrial show recently. It looks very useful in any insecure situation. The price for securing a PC (about $270) is for the PC box plus CRT. You can secure the PC box alone for about $125. The key to the installation is a pad which glues to the surface of your choice. The vendor can remove this pad for you (at a charge) but you (and your thieves) probably cannot. The hardware is bolted securely to the pad, and you can easily remove the bolt with an unusual personalized key. If I had to stay several weeks in a hospital, I would use a system like this to keep hardware in my hospital room, if I could otherwise work this out with the hospital. I'd probably have to buy the hospital table that the machine was attached to (probably cheaper than paying to have the pad removed afterwards). - Keremath, care of: Robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1 or: allegra!eosp1
robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (11/24/83)
The anchor pad that I saw could not simply be removed with a heat lamp. If you blowtorch the machine and the desk it is on, you might get some nice scrap metal to sell. The manufacturer claims that to remove the pad you have to know the antidote to the glue. thy have a carefully controlled process for removing the pad. - Keremath, care of: Robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1 or: allegra!eosp1