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RE: [nesmodifications] NES hard/optical drive?


I'm going to have to say that it's impossible, plain and simple. the NES
doesn't have any kind of controller for ATA/SCSI, and getting one to
interface with the NES hardware is also going to be EXTREMELY difficult.
It's a very interesting concept, it just didn't have much thought put into
it.

-Luke








Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:25 pm

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Anyone have any luck adding a hard or optical drive (ie- one that could contain your legally backed up ROMS). I know little to nothing about the NES hardware,...
brimley1138
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Mar 17, 2005
9:13 pm

I'm going to have to say that it's impossible, plain and simple. the NES doesn't have any kind of controller for ATA/SCSI, and getting one to interface with...
Luke Bartley
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Mar 18, 2005
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... you're absolutely right about the NES being incompatible with an IDE or SCSI bus. But that doesn't mean it's impossible to do. Any modern FPGA (or even an...
csb64918843
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Jul 6, 2005
12:01 pm

... Or you can go with Microdrive. Not as big as the 2.5" hard drives (I've seen 4GB models) but at 1" by 1" and under 1/4" thick it can fit inside GB cart...
Impmon
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