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Family Computer => Famicom / Disk System => Topic started by: doctorlai on June 15, 2014, 05:40:02 pm

Title: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: doctorlai on June 15, 2014, 05:40:02 pm
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Anyone knows this? It comes with a small monitor, and looks quite interesting.. wondering where I can get one of this..
(http://rot47.net/_s/upload/2014/06/15/394ac588533230866cde6c6ef6386147.jpg.jpg)
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 19, 2014, 03:30:06 pm
it has a floppy drive?!
also, where do the controllers go?
that thing looks AWESOME!
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: MS-DOS4 on June 19, 2014, 05:41:14 pm
A floppy drive? IT HAS A SCREEN!  ;D
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 23, 2014, 03:25:18 am
i found 1,
will update when it arrives.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: smeghead on June 23, 2014, 04:27:34 am
WOW, it has cassette drive like Commodore!  :o
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: fcgamer on June 23, 2014, 06:51:04 am
That is seriously bad ass and you are amazing, Prince Tomato!  Glad you found one, and can't wait to hear details about it :)
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 23, 2014, 11:52:54 am
things may get even better...
i may have found two.
google won't yield any info on these things,
so i'm sending one to an expert for analysis,
i want to know more about the strange cartridges in the
box on the right side.
possibly MSX or something?
i doubt it takes Famicom carts, but we'll know soon if all goes well.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: iStreet on June 23, 2014, 12:24:44 pm
That is one hell of a find!!! :o I want to know moaaar!! :D
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: P on June 23, 2014, 02:01:06 pm
Me too! :D

There certainly were Chinese MSXes  since the blueMSX emulator has Chinese language types, but I don't know how common they were. Also I've never seen a Famiclone with double cartridge slots. Additionally the cartridges looks a bit short for Famicom carts.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 24, 2014, 03:16:14 am
just got a message from the seller,
he wants €160 a piece including shipping.
i don't really have that kind of money right now and i don't know if they are really worth that much...
what do you guys think?
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: P on June 24, 2014, 04:19:48 am
Sounds like a lot for an old computer that we don't know much about.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 24, 2014, 04:21:05 am
i agree, but i'm still tempted...
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: UglyJoe on June 24, 2014, 06:13:42 am
How much of that price is shipping?  If this thing has a CRT built into it (even a small one), it's going to be heavy.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 24, 2014, 06:32:14 am
shipping is a little over €50.

Post Merge: June 24, 2014, 12:58:24 pm

so, turns out that there are 4 available,
buying all 4 would be a bit cheaper,
about €140 a piece including shipping,
but it's a bit more than i want to spend on these right now, or at least all by myself .
anyone else interested in these and willing to jump in?
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: smileyman8b on June 24, 2014, 05:25:18 pm
i dont have near enough!  :-[  but im really curious whats on those carts though and the whole system itself looks really cool (although im sure my mother would kill me if a got ANOTHER game system  ::) )
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: doctorlai on June 25, 2014, 09:30:56 am
Where did you find it?
if you don't want it, then I want to get one, if you don't mind.

Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 25, 2014, 09:36:03 am
Huateng Toy Co.
i don't know how or where,
but they found 4 used ones.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: fcgamer on June 25, 2014, 10:22:00 am
I'm not sure that I have that kind of money to be tossing around either at the moment, but that Famiclone does look slick.  My only question though is as follows:  Are we even sure that this is a Famiclone? 
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: prince tomato on June 25, 2014, 10:27:57 am
after digging around a bit (an d a little help from friends)
my guess is that it isn't.
you it is running on some kind of HT-DOS OS,
where other PC Famiclones will have a custom OS and usually a fake windows GUI,
also it has beem described as an award winning PC somewhere in the early nineties.
the cartridges seen on the right have a weird narrow bit at the bottom, and could possibly be memory expansion carts or something.
so, probably not a famiclone, but a pretty sweet set-up with a timeless design nonetheless.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: Virtvic on March 18, 2025, 12:09:44 am
Old thread resurrection!

I've just bought one of these.
Mine doesn't have the disk drive or the 2x expansion slots.
It does have a TV tuner in it though.

I have the original 'basic' cart and the keyboard. I haven't seen my version ANYWHERE on the net. You can only find the disk versions.

The famicom side works ok, I just need to repair the TV part. It has horizontal collapse at the moment.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: UglyJoe on March 24, 2025, 09:04:43 pm
I am so glad to see a necropost that isn't spam ;D

Can you post some pics of it?
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: Virtvic on March 31, 2025, 02:55:58 pm
Sure!You cannot see attachments on this board.
Title: Re: Batong 686 Famiclone
Post by: Virtvic on March 31, 2025, 02:59:24 pm
Famiclone side works if you inject +5vdc directly into it and output directly from it to another screen.You cannot see attachments on this board.