On Sun, 16 May 2010, Steven Hirsch wrote:
  Alternately, what other approaches have folks
used? 
 The TRS80 sometimes had edge connector issues (corrosion, etc.)
 For a while, there was a company making gold-plate MALE edge connector IDC
 connectors (34 and 40 pin); with a few inch long "edge connector
 extension", it was possible to significantly reduce the frequency of
 connecting and disconnecting the edge connectors.  With some dremeling
 away of the female connector, it was possible to solder small wires to the
 connections.
 For a little while, a similar looking male edge connector was available
 without staggered pins, that could be shoved onto the flaky edge connector
 and soldered. 
I've seen those.  In my case, I'm trying to repair an Apple 2 card and
would need a 50-pin male.
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