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.
The Motherboard Up Close
This board is the heart of the Famicom. A large, blue 60-pin connector at the top of the board connects to cartridges that plug into the system. The CPU is a modified 8-bit MOS 6502 microprocessor running at 1.79 MHz. The custom "picture processing unit" (PPU) generates the Famicom's 256-by-224-pixel video image.
The two black ports on the front edge of the board connect to the control pads.
