> > Have you got room for an SMD HDD drive connector ?

> Sounds very good solution, thanks Jinx. My only problem
> now is to find a supplier at reasonable prices for small
> quantities in the UK. RS is #1.41 each, and can't find
> alternative yet...

How small ? You could try a repair centre and ask for any
duff HDD, CD or FD PCBs, or even whole drives, that would
otherwise go in the bin and get the connectors that way. A
friend of mine worked for a computer recycler, and I could
sometimes rummage through their bins for broken or
terminally ancient drives that would never have been sold
and were just scrap metal or landfill

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