Cartridge Connector wanted

[JezC]

@exxos - any idea when they will appear in stock?

I've got a few items in my basket & will add at least one when they are available & then place the order...no rush (from me) though! Anytime this year will be good ;)

[exxos]

@exxos - any idea when they will appear in stock?

I've got a few items in my basket & will add at least one when they are available & then place the order...no rush (from me) though! Anytime this year will be good ;)

I'll try and do some next week but I got delayed with the server attacks and all the faffing about has set my hands off again :( Maybe I can manage the desoldering station.. I'll try..

[JezC]

I'll try and do some next week but I got delayed with the server attacks and all the faffing about has set my hands off again :( Maybe I can manage the desoldering station.. I'll try..

Don't risk making your hands worse on my account! Quite happy with whenever you can manage it without causing additional pain & suffering (to yourself at least ;))!

[exxos]

If I remember rightly someone actually visited BEST electronics to buy stuff. But I don't remember who that was now..

But basically I want to bulk by some cartridge connectors, Brad was charging $9.95 for them last time I checked :( But this cartridge port situation is frankly ridiculous. I need a source of them other than removing them from motherboards all the time.

I don't think Brad wants to ship a lot of items overseas and I cannot buy directly because he only accepts PayPal.

I really could do with someone known /trusted here who could go and buy like 100 connectors and ship them to me in the UK.

[chronicthehedgehog]

This company make custom milspec connectors. Although very expensive for hobby use. Might be cheaper for the quantities you're talking about.

I tried to get 10 (finger in the air number when they wanted info for the quote) Spectrum edge connectors made and they quoted me c. £100 each IIRC :lol:

It took them 3 weeks to get back to me. I think they could sense 'waste of time' :D

https://www.fclane.com/

EDIT:

Well they used to make those sort of things - not sure they still do

[exxos]

@chronicthehedgehog I could give them a try ...

I think the problem is a lot of the cost is tooling /setup. I think it gets to the point where you really have to order like a minimum of 1,000 connectors to make the cost per connect to something reasonable.

[exxos]

Emailed them. The problem is I don't think there is a technical breakdown of this connector :( but I sent them some images and asked if they could give me some idea what the cost would likely be.

I mean if they are charging £100 per connector, for 10, then that would really suggest that their setup charge is £1,000. The cost of materials manufacturing the connector is probably near nothing in comparison.

I mean if I have to order 1,000 connectors even at £1 each, plus £1,000 setup... Still works at a rather large investment :( but realistically ordering 100 connectors from BEST by the time shipping and tax has been added on probably isn't going to be much different anyway.

[chronicthehedgehog]

Emailed them. The problem is I don't think there is a technical breakdown of this connector :( but I sent them some images and asked if they could give me some idea what the cost would likely be.

Good luck!

[DoG]

Atari Edge connector.png

Found in this document

[exxos]

Nice one @DoG :cheers: