hmm... I almost think that he was referencing to this:
Also, remember that on the side with pins 1-30 on the famicom port corresponds to pins 37-72 on the NES port, and pins 60-31 correspond to pins 36-1 on the NES port.
I don't trust my soldering skills enough to directly wire 60 individual contacts to one another. I ordered a 60-72 pin converter for my NOAC portable. Too bad about the extra space. I drool over Ben's NOAC portable!