Greetings Guys,
Do any of you have a source and part number for the 44-pin edge connector ("slot") for an Apple-1 clone I'm building, please? I'm looking for one without mounting ears. I believe it has 0.156" contact and pin spacing.
Thanks in advance.
Cheerful regards, Mike
It´s nearly impossible to get those without ears.
Corey986 published here several threads how to modify the ones from chinch.
here is the picture:
http://www.applefritter.com/content/unmodifiedcinchconnectorforapplei
speedyG
row spacing is important also - it is .140" instead of the more commonly found .200" you would be lucky to find them without ears, but the ears can be trimmed off without too much difficulty. EDAC makes a green compatible part with ears 305-044-521-202 that sometimes can be found , if you can't find a Cinch part. The EDAC part doesn't have the rounded corners of the Cinch part, but very few people will notice the difference.
regards,
Mike Willegal
Anchor electronics in Santa Clara has a couple of the cinch connectors with ears left for a little over $2 each. You can cut the ears off carefully with a fine hobby hacksaw,which you will destroy the blade in the process, and clean up the connector with some wet sanding.
As of this morning I can tell you Anchor doesn't have any of the ones left without ears...
Cheers,
Corey
I found my edge connector from an old Atari board. It doesn't have the rounded corners but does have the correct spacing
I was at Anchor in Santa Clara on Wednesday, and they had more of the cinch connectors with the ears.
Cheers,
Corey
I found this product on ebay:
[url=http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Card-Edge-Connector-2-X-22-PIN-44-Pin-3-96mm-Solder-Socket-/360834446587?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:FR:3160]
I bought a few almost a year ago
perhaps that it is possible to cut the ears...