Atari 400 cart socket replacement options?

[Smokeless Joe]

Three days after the final assembly of my deluxe 400, I managed to break off both tabs on the cartridge socket.

 

What are my options to replace it?  

 

- The Atari 400 - 800 Field Service Manual (p. 9-4) lists the part as C014021 Cartridge Socket.  Googling that doesn't get me very far.

- I have a similar part from an 800XL that looks like it might fit.

- Any 3D printer files out there?  

 

Any other ideas?

[ClausB]

Small screws tapped into the plastic socket with plastic washers on the underside?

[Smokeless Joe]

13 hours ago, ClausB said:

Small screws tapped into the plastic socket with plastic washers on the underside?

I was having a hard time picturing this until I realized how poor a job I did explaining my problem.  My mistake!

 

The part in question is #10 on the attached picture.  The tabs I broke off are the ones at the top, the tabs that move the cartridge protector thing out of the way when a cartridge is inserted.  The tabs on the bottom, that hold the part to the motherboard, are fine.

 

Fortunately, the analogous part on the 800XL fits well enough.  Aesthetically it doesn't match, but it's hard to see anyway,  Functionally, it works!

 

 

[+David_P]

The Best Electronics paper catalog (revision 10) lists that part on page 84 at $4.00; their website indicates that the price has gone up to $8.00.

 

Atari 400 Cartridge guide CO10421 $8.00

 

http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/addendum.htm

 

[bandit]

The 400/800 is easy to replace the cartridge socket and iam not sure who, but I think some one still sells them, If I have more I will post, as I have used a number of them over the many years.

 

[Smokeless Joe]

Well, shucks.  Best Electronics says they don't have any, I think.  Sometimes I have problems parsing their replies.

 

But yes, Atari 400 Cartridge guide CO10421 is what I'm looking for.  I'd be very much obliged to anyone that has one for sale, or knows anyone who does.

 

Thanks!

[StickJock]

Check on the various 3D printer design repositories.  Maybe someone has designed a 3D printed one?

 

[+DrVenkman]

36 minutes ago, StickJock said:

Check on the various 3D printer design repositories.  Maybe someone has designed a 3D printed one?

 

@MacRorie printed me one when I built a 1088XEL a couple years ago. Works great.

[cwilbar]

Speaking of broken cartridge door opening tabs.... what do you do when one is broken off of a 65XE or 130XE ?

 

I have a 130XE that is like new minus that one of those tabs is broken off.  I was thinking of finding some close matching plastic (maybe from a 3.5" floppy disk shell) and epoxy it in ?

 

 

[Smokeless Joe]

The file for printing the 1088XEL cartridge tunnel for the Realan cases is available here:

 

https://ataribits.weebly.com/accessories.html

 

Alternately, they’re available for purchase here:

 

https://thebrewingacademy.com/products/1088xel-cartridge-tunnel-for-realan-h80?_pos=1&_sid=8a9d243dc&_ss=r

 

Worst case, I could order one and dremel it down to fit in the 400.  With some effort, I ought to be able to edit the pattern and make one specifically for the 400.  Fun!