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I'm a little confused about this. Why does the pin orientation for the NES appear to be viewed from underneath the connector? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was a top-down view like on the famicom diagram? - [[User:Rainwarrior|Rainwarrior]] 20:45, 26 August 2012 (MDT) | I'm a little confused about this. Why does the pin orientation for the NES appear to be viewed from underneath the connector? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was a top-down view like on the famicom diagram? - [[User:Rainwarrior|Rainwarrior]] 20:45, 26 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
: Probably to be consistent with standard pinout numbering, which always goes counterclockwise and has pin 1 as top-left. It's also consistent with the edge on the mainboard. Not the best of reasons... —[[User:Lidnariq|Lidnariq]] 20:53, 26 August 2012 (MDT) | : Probably to be consistent with standard pinout numbering, which always goes counterclockwise and has pin 1 as top-left. It's also consistent with the edge on the mainboard. Not the best of reasons... —[[User:Lidnariq|Lidnariq]] 20:53, 26 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
:: It make it very counter-intuitive if you're trying to do something related to Famicom<->NES conversion. I could see it being more useful if you're soldering something to the back of a toploader board, but other than that case I find it really confusing. Would you mind if I reversed it to be consistent with the Famicom version? I could reverse the numbers alongside it, if it's important that they stay the same. - [[User:Rainwarrior|Rainwarrior]] 21:12, 26 August 2012 (MDT) | |||
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I'm a little confused about this. Why does the pin orientation for the NES appear to be viewed from underneath the connector? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was a top-down view like on the famicom diagram? - Rainwarrior 20:45, 26 August 2012 (MDT)
- Probably to be consistent with standard pinout numbering, which always goes counterclockwise and has pin 1 as top-left. It's also consistent with the edge on the mainboard. Not the best of reasons... —Lidnariq 20:53, 26 August 2012 (MDT)
- It make it very counter-intuitive if you're trying to do something related to Famicom<->NES conversion. I could see it being more useful if you're soldering something to the back of a toploader board, but other than that case I find it really confusing. Would you mind if I reversed it to be consistent with the Famicom version? I could reverse the numbers alongside it, if it's important that they stay the same. - Rainwarrior 21:12, 26 August 2012 (MDT)
