Unusual Diskettes - Niniendo

Hans Olminkhof skrev: I'm sory, but the URL goes to a "restricted area". Without seeing the picture, though, I'd wager those are 2,8" disks (similar to the 3" disks used on Amstrads and Speccys) for the Nintendo disk system. Apparently, ROM cassettes were deemed as too expensive at the time, so in order to accomodate bigger games at a price friendly to children, Nintendo produced a disk drive for the Famicom/NES, for which you could get games on disk, and when you grew bored of the game, you could go to the shop and have the disk reloaded with another game. I've read that Nintendo still offers this service at a price of 400 yen. That's what I call good support. =) Sharp made a hybrid Famicom clone (on licence, of course) with built-in disk drive. -- En ligne avec Thor 2.6a. "But software which OpenBSD uses and redistributes must be free to all (be they people or companies), for any purpose they wish to use it, including modification, use, peeing on, or even integration into baby mulching machines or atomic bombs to be dropped on Australia." - Theo de Raadt