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tomcoolj

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Aug 31, 2006
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What do you call the security lock that is built into the back of early Macinitosh's?

I know they're known as Kensington security locks on new Macs, but I can't work out which one will fit for the very old Macintosh's.
 

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This one is proving harder to track down than I imagined.

They are a rather large slab of metal that locks into the rear case and are quite difficult to remove.

Apple refers to them as a "security accessory kit" in the Mac 128k user manual.

However, there is the "Macintosh Security Kit" M0201:

128k-512k-macintosh-security-kit.jpg


The brackets inside are marked like this:

1984-apple-macintosh-security-kit.jpg


Here is a sold listing from eBay for a Kensington kit:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Sealed-Vintage-1995-KENSINGTON-MACINTOSH-Apple-SECURITY-KIT-/292749079281?nma=true&si=mKEG7HJ%2BFaenE9qN%2BYldOApsmCk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
 
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