floppy connecor?

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:17 pm

How do you hook up a floppy connector? I know ben did it but i don't what he used because mine won't work and i want to use one since i can't buy a connector off the internet

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:49 pm

there are 72 pins on a nintendo cart. wire the cable's wire to the pins, and the other end to the board.

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:07 pm

you use 2 5 1/4 floppy

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:17 pm

I think you also need to have a way of keeping the wires streight, so you can insert a cart in w/o breaking it.

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:30 pm

floppys dont have enough pins. You can cut the sids off and use glue to bond two of them together. I did that and it works flawlessley. Ghettotastic, but it works. And you might need to shave the connectors to be thinner.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:24 am

What do you mean foxx? They do have enough pins.

NES has 72 pins on the cartridge, but only 60 of those are actually used. That's why we can use famiclones (NOAC's) for US carts.
Floppy cable connectors have 17 pins on each side, so 34 pins each, so two of those would make for a 64 pin connector. More than enough pins.
The pins not being used are in the middle. So all you have to do is cut out the side of the floppy connector so the cart edge can fit on, and bingo. Just glue the connectors to something to hold them together and you have a cheapo NES connector!

That was sheer genius on bens part to think of that. I can't wait to try it out on another NESp.

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:14 am

umm... didnt i say that?

floppys dont have enough pins. You can cut the sids off and use glue to bond two of them together.

The floppy connectors i had i just chopped the ends off em, and glued them together. The i shaved them to be slightly thinner cause some of my games got a bit too tight. The correct way of building this thing were to get an actual 72 pin connector, but i cant find one that has the correct pin spacing. Eh, whatever works. I paid $0 for my portable NES, so im not gonna complain.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:28 am

Ah, sorry I misunderstood

Foxx373 · Post by **Foxx373** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:35 pm

its ok... but here is a paper clip, straw, and rubber band, please help me get my kids back...

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:00 pm

i dont get it

Post by **Triton** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:22 pm

from family guy relating to macguyver

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:19 pm

I know this topic is old but I have a question. Couldn't you just split the 60-pin connector to make it useable for the 72-pin american games? If not just lock the topic.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:12 pm

You could, but it would be tricky. You would have to cut the plastic inbetween two pins on each side, then put some a piece of plastic on each side to keep the pins from falling out.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:43 pm

ok,thank you G-force

Post by **Triton** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:24 pm

here is a pic of my cartslot and noac before i finished soldering, i split it a bit too much and had to fill in, the nes cart fits perfectly and the pins line up good, its VERY firm too, im havin problems with my superjoy tho, it seems to have a short or something somewhere. ill have to mess with it again later