Family Computer Disk System [Model HVC-022]

Console published 38 years ago by Nintendo Co., Ltd.

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Family Computer Disk System © 1986 Nintendo Co., Ltd.

A floppy disk unit peripheral for the FAMICOM console.

TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.

Model HVC-022

TRIVIA

Released on February 21, 1986 in Japan.

In 1986, the disks' 112 KB of storage space was quite appealing due to the high cost of cartridge-based solid state storage chips. The rewritable aspect of the disks also opened up new possibilities; games such as The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Kid Icarus were released to the FDS with a save feature. Many of these titles were subsequently ported to cartridge format and released for the Famicom a year or two later, with saving implemented via password resume or battery-backed memory.

TIPS AND TRICKS

FDS Error Codes list:
Err.01 = No disk card.
Err.02 = No disk power supply.
Err.03 = Disk card is write protected.
Err.04 = Disk card not authenticated (game maker ID).
Err.05 = Disk card not authenticated (game name ID).
Err.06 = Disk card not compatible (version ID).
Err.07 = Wrong side of disk card set in drive.
Err.08 = Disk card #1 wrong.
Err.09 = Disk card #2 wrong.
Err.10 = Disk card #3 wrong.
Err.20 = Screen data wrong.
Err.21 = Disk card header block (Nintendo-HVC) wrong.
Err.22 = Disk card header block #$01 unrecognized.
Err.23 = Disk card header block #$02 unrecognized.
Err.24 = Disk card header block #$03 unrecognized.
Err.25 = Disk card header block #$04 unrecognized.
Err.26 = Unable to write to disk card.
Err.27 = Block end mark seen but ends prematurely.
Err.28 = File ends prematurely during read.
Err.29 = File ends prematurely during write.
Err.30 = No space left on disk card (full).
Err.31 = File count in header and number of files on disk card do not match.

SOURCES

Machine's picture.
Machine's bios.