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(12-18-2017 03:17 PM)grsbanks Wrote:  

(12-18-2017 03:14 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  More often than not, it is the door frame (part of the case housing around the door opening) that breaks, and replacing this part requires destructive disassembly of the entire unit.

Yes, I was aware of that rather unfortunate fact of life

While I admit it wasn't explicit in my query, I did mean replacement bodies for the clamshell units, not just battery doors.

There is a great article showing a teardown and rebuild of the HP-19B clamshell. That should convince you that a replacement body would not be the way to go! However, at the end of the article the author shows a nice handmade widget for holding in the batteries where the door had broken away.

http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/...?read=1150

I thought I once read that someone had made up and sold a few of those brackets. Perhaps a 3D printed plastic version with a metal strip at the battery end might one day be offered.

~Mark