31 Jan
2003
31 Jan
'03
11:30 a.m.
Today at the thrift I found a red case/black face/yellow button external 3.5
FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese. It
was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985. Anyone
else have one of these?
31 Jan
31 Jan
2:19 p.m.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Keys wrote:
Today at the thrift I found a red case/black
face/yellow button external 3.5
FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese. It
was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985. Anyone
else have one of these?
I think I do. I know someone who definitely does.
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11:24 p.m.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Keys wrote:
It sounds like it might be the disk drive that was offered for the Japanese version of
the Nintendo Famicom computer. I THINK I remember reading that they were briefly offered
here in the US. Go back to the trift store and DIG through the other boxs for the cables.
They're almost certaqinly there. Trift stores are notorious for taking things apart
and "sorting" all the pieces into separate piles in different locations.
I've seen times when it took well over a year to get all the various parts of the same
system out onto the shelves.
Joe
Today at the thrift I found a red case/black
face/yellow button external 3.5
FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese. It
was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985. Anyone
else have one of these?
2:52 p.m.
Now you've went and found something out of the ordinary. Well, from an
American standpoint, anyway.
The FDD you describe is an external 3" (*not* 3.5") drive that plugged
into the main unit, this would prove to be the item that kept the Famicom
alive until cartridge production prices dropped to acceptable consumer
levels (at its release, game carts. were 4,500+Y, new!) . The FDD uses 3"
disks, similar to the ones that were popular (for a time) in the European
computer market in the early 80's.
I'm not sure if you can use this with an American NES, but I don't ever
remember seeing a connector on the NES other than for controllers,
cartridges & video out.
By the way, it was meant to run off batteries, so you could do well
without the AC adaptor.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:26:35 -0600, "Keys" <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> said:
Today at the thrift I found a red case/black
face/yellow button external
3.5
FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese.
It
was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985.
Anyone
else have one of these?
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1 Feb
1 Feb
10:49 a.m.
Thanks for the info and now I will have to go back and bug the folks to see
if they have the diskettes and any other items that went with it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Vohs" <netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Cool external FD by Nintendo
Now you've went and found something out of the
ordinary. Well, from an
American standpoint, anyway.
The FDD you describe is an external 3" (*not* 3.5") drive that plugged
into the main unit, this would prove to be the item that kept the Famicom
alive until cartridge production prices dropped to acceptable consumer
levels (at its release, game carts. were 4,500+Y, new!) . The FDD uses 3"
disks, similar to the ones that were popular (for a time) in the European
computer market in the early 80's.
I'm not sure if you can use this with an American NES, but I don't ever
remember seeing a connector on the NES other than for controllers,
cartridges & video out.
By the way, it was meant to run off batteries, so you could do well
without the AC adaptor.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:26:35 -0600, "Keys" <jrkeys(a)concentric.net> said:
Today at the thrift I found a red case/black
face/yellow button external
3.5
FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese.
It
was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985.
Anyone
else have one of these?
--
David Vohs
netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net 
2 Feb
2 Feb
3:18 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Keys
Sent: 01 February 2003 01:27
To: cctalk@classiccmp
Subject: Cool external FD by Nintendo
Today at the thrift I found a red case/black face/yellow button
external 3.5
FD by Nintendo model HVC-022. Most of the writing on it is in Japanese. It
was missing the ac adapter and cable. Copyright date on it is 1985. Anyone
else have one of these?
I haven't got one myself but I know someone who had one in the 80s; it was
part of the Famicom Disk System released in 1986. This web page contains
everything you need to know :)
http://nesworld.parodius.com/famidisk.htm
cheers
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