![]() The small, detachable part attaches to the back of the disk and, along with a removal of the small tabs on the side of the disk, allows the disk to be inserted into the FDS and for the system to recognize it as a valid disk. The Mitsumi Quick Disk format were to serve like a middle ground alternative to the slow but cheap cassette tapes and fast but expensive floppy disks, but it was probably too unreliable to become popular. ![]() adopted a physical modification to Mitsumi’s QuickDisks to allow them to be used on a FDS. The Quick Disk (QD) was a media storage disk system made by Mitsumi Corporation as an alternative to the 5 1/4 inch floppy disk which was the standard at that time. Unlike most drives which store data in sectors, the FDS disks store data in continuous files in a long spiral, which has led some to compare it more to a tape-stream unit than a traditional random access disk drive.Ĭompanies like Hacker International Co., Ltd. The majority of FDS disks were manufactured without a sliding cover to prevent media contamination in an effort to save money on production, but this was later included in a series of five blue disks games. Nintendo Famicom Disk System Unless noted in the description, all Console5 products are fully guaranteed. The double-sided FDS “Disk System Cards” hold 64KB (1KB = 1024 bytes) per side and are contained within a 3″ x 4″ housing. ![]() The disk media that the Nintendo Famicom Disk System utilizes is a slight modification of Mitsumi’s “QuickDisk” 2.8″ square disk format.
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