Datasette power connector
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Datasette power connector
Are these connectors a standard with a name or are the people selling them having them made special? I want to get a few to steal power from the datasette port but don't have a clue what these connectors are called.
Re: Datasette power connector
The datasette and user port connectors used on the C64, VIC-20, C128 and some PET computers are pretty much standard 0.156" connectors very popular in industrial applications. Even the cartridge port connectors are industry standard.radron5809 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:52 pm Are these connectors a standard with a name or are the people selling them having them made special? I want to get a few to steal power from the datasette port but don't have a clue what these connectors are called.datasette.jpg
Digikey sells hundreds of different connectors of these families of products.
Datasette: https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... -ND/107605
User port: https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... -ND/107611
VIC-20 Cart port: https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... ND/1292244
C16 and Plus/4 Cart port: https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/e ... ND/1294126
These are from EDAC but there are other like Sullins and TE which make similar connectors with variations like no eyelets at the ends, thicker or thinner gold plating, angled connector pins, etc...
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Re: Datasette power connector
Awesome, found them on digikey. Thanks so much for the info.
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No prob!radron5809 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:26 pm Awesome, found them on digikey. Thanks so much for the info.
I couldn't find C64 cart port connectors. These have 44 contacts with 2x22 arrangement and 0.1" spacing and I have a serious pile of them in stock.
The ones I have feature double the gold plating thickness of the original ones for greater longevity. Commodore did not expect their machines to be used 35 years after they were initially sold!
I sell them for 4$US each.
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Re: Datasette power connector
Do they make a piece that covers the connectors?
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