Cool external FD by Nintendo

From: Keys <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Sat Feb 1 18:49:01 2003

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_at_fastmailbox.net>
To: <cctalk_at_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_at_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_at_fastmailbox.net
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