Inside Nintendo's classic games console
Lots of people know the Nintendo Entertainment System. Fewer know the Japanese console it was based on, the Nintendo Family Computer, also known as the Famicom. We'll take a look inside the Famicom and its accessories, including a unique disk system attachment.
A Simple Design
The Famicom's internal layout is quite Spartan. One board contains an RF modulator for video output to the TV, and a power-supply circuit. The motherboard below contains the computerized brain of the Famicom, which we'll examine in more detail soon.
To the right of those two boards is the upper half of the Famicom chassis. Near the centre of that sits a large U-shaped piece of plastic connected to a spring, which is part of the cartridge ejection assembly. Below that are the plastic reset button (left) and the power switch (right), which connects to the power-supply board via two long red and white wires.
