ESoCoP - European Society for Computer Preservation - text version for old browsers
[ Home | Preserved models | Documentation | News | Events | About us | Membership | Support us | AStISI | CTRL+Cinema | Contact ] - Full site

Preserved models > Commodore

Commodore CBM 8050 Dual Drive Floppy Disk

Producer: Commodore - Category: Storage

Photos: Photo 1 (small)

Photo 1: Jeff Keyzer from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Commodore CBM 2001 & 8050.jpg)

Floppy disk drive, 1980, Commodore. The CBM 8050 is the dual high-capacity drive of the PET 8000 series: 100 tracks per inch, single-sided, about 521 KB per disk, incompatible with the disks of the 48 tpi drives such as the 4040 and 1541.

Years1980 to 1984
ManufacturerCommodore Business Machines
CompatibilityPET/CBM 4000 and 8000 series, CBM-II; Commodore 64 and VIC-20 with an IEEE-488 adapter
Media2 x 5.25" single-sided double-density floppy disks, 100 tpi, 521 KB per disk
Processors2 x MOS Technology 6502, 4 KB RAM and 16 KB ROM (CBM DOS 2.5 / 2.7)
Interfaceparallel IEEE-488
Power50 W
Casewide dual-drive case with disk insertion sensors

Documentation

No documents available yet for this model. See the documentation section.

Other models by Commodore


© Esocop 2017-2026. European Society for Computer Preservation, non-profit association, Chiasso, Switzerland. Home | Full site | Contact