A replacement for the HP-41 zebra connector

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Just seen this!

I have a 41CV, s/n 2227S... which originally had the gold wire connection system, eaten by battery neglect. I found a supplier of salvaged ZebraStrip connectors (from scrap laptop LCD displays) and ordered a few of what looked like the right size, but they didn't work reliably. I ended up wrapping loops of silver plated wire-wrap wire around the ZS rubber, spaced on a jig to be 0.1" apart, and painstakingly aligned with the PCB contacts. It did work, but not reliably. Your flex circuit approach looks much more promising. Seems I've missed the boat this time, but if you do go into production, please let me know!