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Commodore 1570 Floppy Disk Drive

Producer: Commodore - Category: Storage

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Photo 1: Museo8bits, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (Commodore 1570 01.JPG)

Floppy disk drive, 1985, Commodore. The 1570 is a single-sided version of the 1571 released as a stopgap when Commodore could not get enough double-sided mechanisms: a 1571 logic board with burst mode and MFM capability in a cream 1541-style case.

Years1985 to 1986
ManufacturerCommodore Business Machines
CompatibilityCommodore 128 (burst mode), Commodore 64 (as a 1541)
Media5.25" single-sided floppy disk, GCR (170 KB) or MFM (200 KB) encoding
ProcessorMOS Technology 6502 with WD1770 floppy controller, 2 KB RAM and 32 KB ROM (CBM DOS 3.0)
InterfaceCommodore serial bus with burst mode
Casecream, 1541 style with track-zero sensor

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