Family converter how to?

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Family converter how to?

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Is there a way I can make my own slightly small family converter (let's you play nes games on a FC)? I really need a small one for my NOAC portable. Or is there a way to use a Nintendo "panic converter" (Heavy 1985 NES carts with no "rev-a" like Gyromite) in the same way?
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Hmmm, you could vector your own schmatics for a PCB that'd make a converter...and minimize that, it's 100% possible, and you could send the files to a PCB maker, so yea, I see it possible
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Oh jeez
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triple post :(
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Nice...
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Post by Mikeyman64 »

Lol! Thanks. I think this thread is junk material :wink: . If it's that much of a pain in the arse, I'll just buy one!
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WTF, I pressed it once, maybe Fox confused or crap?! :shock: FIX NOW!
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Post by CronoTriggerfan »

Well, if you really don't want a bulky one, you can do like Ben did and wire a 72 pin connector right to a 60 pin connector board. The pinouts for doing so are on the downloads section of benheck.com
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Post by SgtBowhack »

Yeah, that's the winner way to do it (using floppy connectors). If you can find floppy cables with two 5.25" drive connectors on it, you'll only need to butcher one even ;)
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Post by Mikeyman64 »

Ok, I'll try it.
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Post by Klefmung »

For good cart connectors, I just Hack them off converters. >_> But I guess that sorta defeats the purpose. <_<
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Post by Mikeyman64 »

What kind of "floppy connectors are you guys talking about? I have a bunch of floppy drives and none of them have a connector like that.
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Post by marshallh »

It's referring to 5 1/4 floppy drive cables, which have the large card edge connector on them. Get two of them and you'll be set. You should be able to find a couple in any PC with a huge five-and-a-quarter floppy drive.
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