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Commodore VIC 1541 Floppy Disk Drive

Producer: Commodore - Category: Storage

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Floppy disk drive, 1982, Commodore. Early 1541 with the "VIC-1541" label: the first drives produced in 1982 kept the VIC name and an off-white case matching the VIC-20, before the beige Commodore 64 colour scheme was adopted.

Year1982
ManufacturerCommodore Business Machines
CompatibilityCommodore 64, VIC-20
Media5.25" single-sided floppy disk, GCR encoding, 170 KB per disk
ProcessorMOS Technology 6502 at 1 MHz with 2 KB RAM and 16 KB ROM (CBM DOS 2.6)
InterfaceCommodore serial bus, about 0.4 KB/s
Powerbuilt-in power supply, 25 W
Caseoff-white with "VIC-1541" label, first production

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