Place to get Femal Atari Cartridge Edge connectors?

[dracosilver]

Does anyone know of a good place to get female connectors for atari 2600/7800 cartridges?

[BigO]

One source would be people who work on Atari 2600's. They often have parts boards laying around. Member A.J. Franzman is one person you might contact. igg1na may have some dead machines around. I bought a big ol' pile of 5200 parts from Atari2600.com (he's local to me). You might email him or other suppliers like him to see if they have any dead 2600 stuff laying around.

 

I know there are others, but no more come to mind at the moment.

 

I know I've read that Best Electronics has the slot guide or whatever that plastic chunk covering the slot is called. But, I don't know if they have the actual cartridge slots.

 

You might have some luck searching the internet using terms: card edge socket (or connector)

 

I don't know if it would be completely appropriate, but if I were looking for this stuff, I'd post something in a more 2600 specific forum. The Marketplace > Wanted forum might also get you some response.

Edited February 29, 2008 by BigO

[Bruce Tomlin]

It's just a standard 24-pin 0.1" female edge connector. The only non-standard part is the widget that unlocks the door on older carts.

[supercat]

It's just a standard 24-pin 0.1" female edge connector. The only non-standard part is the widget that unlocks the door on older carts.

 

Any idea what the best way is to fix the "widgets" on a 7800? Having to manually unlock cart doors is a pain.

[BigO]

It's just a standard 24-pin 0.1" female edge connector. The only non-standard part is the widget that unlocks the door on older carts.

 

Any idea what the best way is to fix the "widgets" on a 7800? Having to manually unlock cart doors is a pain.

I ran into that issue with a 2600 Jr which is quite similar in constuction, but haven't tried to fix it yet. There's not much purchase there for gluing something else on. Some plastic epoxies are pretty strong and with the help of a metal pin/dowel rod for extra strength, a steady hand and lots of patience, you might be able to glue a new piece on.

 

I was also considering bending a thin strip of steel into a shape that would provide the necessary projection then lay flat across the top of the "guide". Something like that should give enough purchase to stay attached.

 

Another possibility would be to drill a small hole and place a post: something relatively hard like a nail (as opposed to a paperclip or copper wire) should be sufficient. Then build up around the post with epoxy (JB Weld or similar would be strong enough though ugly) using a form. I've cast a few things with epoxy. I made a form from masonite covered with electrical tape (actually, 10 mil pipe wrap tape). The form was held together with rubber bands so it could be disassembled for removal from the finished part without relying on a heavy duty mold realease.The epoxy released okay-but-not-great from the tape. Of course, once you got the square post cast, you'd have to file/sand it to the proper size and profile.

 

When I was building my 5200 trackball to joystick conversion, I found that ABS pipe cement did a very good job bonding to the plastic of the 5200 trackball so I suspect it would similarly with the 7800 case parts. It has a heavy body with lots of solids that can fill voids. It's very black and very messy. Like working with black roofing tar, you somehow end up with it all over you.

[TonyA]

Did you try jammaboards?

 

I didn't see 24 pin connectors, but here it is: http://www.jammaboards.com/store/connector...tors/cat_5.html

 

Tony

[bah]

Look on the internet for the web sites that step you through adding a cart slot to a Flash back II. One of the sites uses a standard edge connector and leaves the threaded ends of the mounting screws sticking up. He then files the screws flat so they would work as the prongs to open the dust cover on the older carts.

 

I went cheap and used a 3 1/3 floppy drive cable connector on the Flashback II unit I did. I milled a piece of plastic to hold the connector and provide the tabs to open the dust connector. It works good and looks better that the idea above.

 

BAH

[Kroko]

Not in Stock, but maybe you can still order in higher quantity:

http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dk...l?name=S1126-ND

 

Or maybe here: http://www.distrelec.com/

search for "345-024-520-202" Not sure if it is exactly what you need ...

[flammingcowz]

Look on the internet for the web sites that step you through adding a cart slot to a Flash back II. One of the sites uses a standard edge connector and leaves the threaded ends of the mounting screws sticking up. He then files the screws flat so they would work as the prongs to open the dust cover on the older carts.

 

I went cheap and used a 3 1/3 floppy drive cable connector on the Flashback II unit I did. I milled a piece of plastic to hold the connector and provide the tabs to open the dust connector. It works good and looks better that the idea above.

 

BAH

 

do you mean one of the 5.25" floppy drives?

if you mean a 3 1/3, can you tell me how?

[bah]

do you mean one of the 5.25" floppy drives?

if you mean a 3 1/3, can you tell me how?

 

Oops, my bad. Yeah they are the old 5 1/4 connectors.

[NixonTech2071]

mmm... Female connectors. LOL JK I think this site might offer some.

[BigO]

mmm... Female connectors. LOL JK I think this site might offer some.

Guess his mind musta wandered.

[channelmaniac]

I picked up a bunch of dead 2600s for parts. If you need cartridge connectors on the hardware surrounding the cart connector itself then email me.

 

RJ