Commodore CBM 8050 Dual Drive Floppy Disk
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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.
| Years | 1980 to 1984 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Commodore Business Machines |
| Compatibility | PET/CBM 4000 and 8000 series, CBM-II; Commodore 64 and VIC-20 with an IEEE-488 adapter |
| Media | 2 x 5.25" single-sided double-density floppy disks, 100 tpi, 521 KB per disk |
| Processors | 2 x MOS Technology 6502, 4 KB RAM and 16 KB ROM (CBM DOS 2.5 / 2.7) |
| Interface | parallel IEEE-488 |
| Power | 50 W |
| Case | wide dual-drive case with disk insertion sensors |
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