edit: Questions about using Famicoms in the U.K

[THXII38]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/thx1138/School/DSCF0007.JPG


what the heck is this thing? O_O

It's a 3.5" disc drive, I thiink, but what is it for?

A memory device,, a hacking/cheat system? Playing pirated games?

What?

And, how do I test it? Can I just stick a floppy disc in and see if it "whirs"?

[THXII38]

http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/fds/fds.html
okay, well, I found out what it is, but I have no discs for it, so I can't test it.

[Cobra Commander]

If you wanna get rid of it, maybe I could take it off your hands?

[Flack]

There are tons of Famicon Disk System owners around here and even more threads pertaining to them. Here are just a couple to get you started on your quest.

Famicom Disk System
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39816

Famicom Disk System Question
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39494

Famicom Disk System?
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38774

Famicom Disk System owners/collectors - we want you!
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35058

Famicom Disk System and FDS Format
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24184

Anyone else an FDS fan?
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17207

[rbudrick]

And let's not forget:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32763

:-D

-Rob

[rbudrick]

Oh yeah, and that's famicom, not super famicom that goes to, but you probably figured that put by now.

-Rob

[THXII38]

just got hold of some Super Famicoms and Famicoms.

Can anyone provide info on how to get them to work in the U.K?

power settings, t.v setings etc

I do have some "super nes converters", which are suppoed to have build in 50 /60hz switch - and provide NTSC in PAL output. But I am still fumbling around in the dark.

[THXII38]

sorry, in my haste to bump an old thread, rather than start a new one, I neglected to read the previous repliies properly. :embarrassed:

altough I'm still not quite sure how I go about setting up a Famiclone to work in the U.K I have a power adaptor, but it's the wrong sort of plug for the U.K too. I also have a boxed "Eastern Computer" which is a Famicom clone, that too, has a weirdo two pin plug thingymajig. @_@