On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Iggy Drougge wrote:
  A while after the Japanese release of the Famicom
(here to be known as
 NES), Nintendo decided that ROM cartridges were too costly and couldn't be
 afforded by the kids. Thus, they released a floppy drive which was plugged 
Heck, the carthridges they sell on today's systems are way too costly and
can't be afforded by kids, so I don't think that was any consideration.
They probably needed something more durable than diskettes.
Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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