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.
Disk Drive Components
Here I've removed the power-supply board (left) and the disk drive mechanism from the plastic disk drive unit housing.
Nintendo's proprietary disk format was based on a similar (but smaller) floppy format called the "Quick Disk" that never gained a foothold in the computer industry — it was used mostly in 1980s music synthesizers. Mitsumi manufactured the FDS disk drives for Nintendo, including the unit you see here.
