Nintendo disk system (任天堂的磁碟系統主體)
| Chapter 2 | Cheaper & cheaper | |
| 第二回 | 走進便宜化 |
Last Chapter (上回提要)
Nintendo start their battle in video game console market when ATARI lost the leader at the beginning of 1980's. The strategies taken by Nintendo is made good idea and improve themselves from time to time which can attract many game developer publish new game on this new game console platform...
任天堂(Nintendo)乘著雅達利(ATARI)的頹勢在電視遊戲機壇上佔有一席，不斷創新及
求變的態度令她業務蒸蒸日上，更吸引不少廠商為其新機種推出遊戲。這顆新星更在
機壇發光發亮......
Back to 1985... 回到1985年.....
At foundation, cartridge was the only one interface provided for develop new game on Nintendo. Many customers brought their favorite game consider the characters were beautiful and the price. For the limitation of cartridge(See Truth of cartridge), new interface must be develop. Finally, Nintendo introduced DISKETTE SYSTEM at the end of 1985.
最初，任天堂發展的遊戲介面(Interface)全部都是盒帶(Cartridge)。由於遊戲推陳
出新，華麗的畫面每每成為消者購買遊戲的指標，又基於盒帶本身的限制（詳閱盒帶
的真相），實有發展新介面的必要，經過多番測試，任天堂公司於一九八五年末發表
其遊戲新介面－－－磁碟系統，並與盒帶系統同時發展。
DISKETTE SYSTEM is a very simple system, only have disk drive and interface card (See below). Games are recorded on 2.8" disk (Floppy disk for computer is 3.5", cannot use with Nintendo disk system). Nintendo is the first video game console have disk system.
當時的磁碟系統，只有磁碟機本體和介面卡，非常簡單。再配以2.8吋的磁碟（現
在電腦用的磁碟為3.5吋，兩者不能互換），成為最早有磁碟做介面的電視遊戲機。
Many game players want to brought disk system because the price of disk is cheaper than cartridge. When the disk system firstly launched, game player quickly use their money to brought it. Although it cost US$120! Some famous game developer (e.g. Konami, Taito) publish many game on disk system platform and makes DISK SYSTEM more popular and cheaper.
由於磁碟比盒帶便宜，所以不少人為了可用較平的價錢換取遊戲，不惜動輒金
錢購買磁碟機。（註：磁碟機初出時，價錢大約為港幣900元，不要忘記當時已算是大
數目！）軟件製造商更看準磁碟系統有利可圖，數間大廠例如KONAMI、TAITO更大
力推動新磁碟遊戲，協助磁碟機走進便宜化。
| Specification of Nintendo
Disk System 任天堂磁碟機規格
Information by manual （資料是根據磁碟機說明書） |
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| （I）Disk Drive (磁碟機) | Size (尺寸) | 246mm length (長) x 150mm width (闊) x 73mm height (高) | ||
| Electricity Supply (使用電源) | UM-2 x 6 or supplied from the
external transformer provided 9V D. C. UM-2 (俗稱中電) x 6 或外置火牛提供9V直流電 |
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| Ampere consume (消費電流) | 1 A at starting, 0.4A at normal
working condition 1 A (起動時)，0.4A (起動後) |
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| Weight (重量) | About 1470 g with batteries 約1470g (包括電池) |
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| （II）Interface card (介面卡) | Size (尺寸) | 111.5mm length (長) x 122mm width (闊) x 52.5mm height (高) | ||
| Electricity Supply (使用電源) | From Disk Drive 由磁碟機提供 |
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| LSI (大型積體電路) | N-CH System x 1 N-CH系統 x 1 |
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| Weight (重量) | About 220g 約 220g |
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| RAM (記憶體) | Static RAM (靜態) | 256Kbit (64K x 4 bank) 256Kbit (64K x 4個) |
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| Dynamic RAM (動態) | 64Kbit
(64K x 1 bank) 64Kbit (64K x 1個) |
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Released on 1 October, 1997
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