So, for a long time now, I've been researching the products of the FDS piracy company Aitsu, who a lot of you probably know for making Tonkachi Mario. But one of their most interesting products was the Souseiki Fammy. Released in 1988 and retailing at 19,800 yen ($190 or $350 in 2017), it was made to convert cartridge games to disks, so they could then be edited with Tonkachi Editor. Due to its price, it failed hard, and is now extremely rare. However, here's where it gets interesting. A total of four disks were released for the SF. The first, called something along the lines of "ROM to QD for 256K", was bundled with the unit and was the core of basic operation. There was another disk bundled with it as well, called "SSO-1: B.B RAM Plus :R/W Back UP RAM Data(Nintendo Cassette type) to Disk" which was used to backup S-RAM data to disks. There were two other sold separately. "SSO-2: Slow Plus" enabled real slow-motion in games (aka not how the NES Advantage did it), however how this was controlled is unknown as it is not at all documented. Finally, "SSO-3: I2 Disk Basic" converted Family Basic tapes to disks. Out of these, only "ROM to QD" is dumped. It doesn't stop there. There are two expansion ports on the device, each with different functions, and here's where I have to do a bit of filling in the gaps. The one on the front was planned to be used for RAM expansion packs, as the SF initially only supported Mapper 0. No one knows if these were ever released, but if they were they'd go by the names "SHO-3" for Mapper 1 and "SHO-4" for Mapper 2. I don't believe a Mapper 3 expansion was ever planned. And now we get to the most confusing part of it all. The back expansion port was seemingly used by I Line-PC for some or all functions, but ads for the latter seemed to show it working without the SF. ILPC is an enigma, so I've never been able to find anyone who can confirm or deny this. Beyond data transfer from the FDS to Japanese PCs and vice versa, no one seems to even know how exactly ILPC worked. Not to mention, this page seems to indicate another Aitsu-made program near identical to SS0-3, and shows something called Kodakara Kun, which seems similar to ILPC's I Line Driver program. So, it is here that I need your help. Does anyone know more about the undumped SF disks, or its expansion packs? Does someone know how ILPC worked, or anything regarding its programs, Kodakara Kun, or anything else unbelievably obscure that Aitsu might've put out? An image of a CIB I Line-PC is here, along with another I Line Driver screenshot (using my old, outdated site for now). I should also mention that a version of Kosodate Gokko also exists that was just a cable for two FDS data transfer, see here. I'm trying to compile everything I can about them, and have plans to film a mini-documentary of sorts about them when I'm done. Thanks for any help anyone can offer regarding any of this.
