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Well, even if one wanted to, a marketing exec really couldn't advertise Nintendo NES as a "general computer" since it had no keyboard nor ability to connect a d
by dfxm12 8y ago
Well, even if one wanted to, a marketing exec really couldn't advertise Nintendo NES as a "general computer" since it had no keyboard nor ability to connect a disk drive and printer.
This was a conscience choice by Nintendo of America though. The Japanese counterpart of the NES has the hardware and software capabilities of a computer, like a disk and cassette recorder, BASIC, and a keyboard. These were never released in the US.
- thisisandyok 8y agoThey made it as far as prototyping those devices, before the NES was released. http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_AVS http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_AVS
- qbrass 8y agoThe Nintendo Famicom is an abbreviation of Family Computer. You could get a keyboard and BASIC as an accessory. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC