In an ad, I saw the Famicom placed to the left of the FDS, but does anyone use it this way?
https://youtu.be/c5aErhrhqXs
Why would anyone do that? It fits so perfectly under the Famicom.
I reckon that's just for the purposes of this commercial - to easier show off the system. Don't forget there's this official marketing image, Nintendo were trying something here.
I actually have my FDS to the side and I either have 2 Disk Systems on top of eachother, or a Gamecube on top of my FDS.
I have to place my FDS right under my Famicom, not only because it looks awesome, but because I don't have that much space for my games,and putting it beside the Famicom gets it dangerously close to my CRT :-\
Quote from: L___E___T on June 07, 2019, 02:19:02 am
Don't forget there's this official marketing image, Nintendo were trying something here.
Levitation? ;D
The mag disks actually can levitate if you have a plate underneath with a charge running through it.
Can you show a picture?
Sure, posted earlier in the thread. The plate is hidden by a grey cloth over the top of the set.
Does it damage the disk?
No, it speeds up the loading procedure.
Is that a joke?
I thought I was very, very obviously joking. Please do not try this somehow with your disks!
I played along because I thought it was clear, I guess things get lost in written word alone.
Not that anyone has the means to try it, but again, DO NOT take a magnet to FDS disks.
You can put weak magnets to a floppy disk without any ill effects, according to this video:
https://youtu.be/Nn2R7bIzDtc
I wouldn't recommend it and had a worry someone might try this after my joke and would hate it if it affected the disk. That media format is not exactly well known for data preservation right.
The video shows a weak magnet failing to destroy any data then a strong neodymium magnet killing the file system. It doesn't say where the limit is. A seller would obviously not want to take any risks and prohibits all magnets no matter how small.
To reformat a FDS disk you must be able to write FDS disks.