> 
> Is it possible to use Famicom software on an SNES?  I heard that it was
> possible to just break a few tabs here and there and it would work.  Is this
> true?

There are two choices.  One is break the tabs, the other is buy a converter 
which is about $10 I think.
I will probably go for the first one since few of my friends did it before and
their machines are still working fine right now.