ASCII.jp Impulse purchase of "Famibe Adapter" that changes Nintendo keyboard to USB keyboard!

Famibe Adapter is an adapter kit for converting a Family Basic keyboard (HVC-007) to a USB Japanese keyboard.

Currently, many people over the age of 50 are familiar with the "Family Basic" released by Nintendo in 1984. The year 1984, when it was released, was also the year when IBM PC / AT, the ancestor of the current Windows personal computer, was released, and it coincided with the beginning of the first hobby personal computer.

Family Basic is a NES peripheral device released by Nintendo in June 1984.

Internationally, the keyboard layout is a bit irregular, but it's basically a QWERTY keyboard.

Perhaps there are still quite a few fans of Family Basic keyboards, they are frequently bought and sold at auction sites for around several thousand yen.

The Famibe adapter converts a Japanese NES keyboard into a USB-connected IBM PC keyboard (Japanese layout).

Family Basic was released as one of the peripherals of Nintendo's "Family Computer", which still has many fans, and comes with a slightly larger ROM cartridge that incorporates the BASIC language and a keyboard that connects to the expansion connector of the NES main unit. It is a product that was supposed to be. And the price at the time of June 1984 when it was released was 14,800 yen, which was quite rich.

Sold in a vinyl zip case

Introducing this time, the "Family Basic Keyboard" released 36 years ago has been developed based on the IBM PC keyboard and converted to the "USB Japanese keyboard" currently used in the Windows PC environment. It is a prefabricated adapter.

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