Quote Originally Posted by ArnoldRimmer83
The Disk System has some pretty cool games, most of which are by Konami or Nintendo. The only problem with the FDS is that I hear they break easily, usually some rubber band inside the system.
Yup. Actually, I just had my FDS drive break down the other day. Chances are it was the drive belt, which means it should at least be fixable. Here's to hoping, anyway.

(The disks aren't all that reliable, either -- since they don't have a shutter over the exposed magnetic surface of the disk, they seem to have a tendancy to die earlier than one would expect.)

Luckily, if you have the RAM adapter cartridge that comes with the FDS, it's possible to build an adapter that connects it to a PC, which you can then use as a surrogate disk drive. It's one way of getting around having to fiddle with swapping disks, or worry about them eventually going dead on you, anyway.

The details of how to build the adapter are on the 'nesdev' site, and thanks to Brad Taylor's excellent work, they're really simple to build. If anyone's interested, PM me for more information. I *really* recommend them.

Later!


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