Commodore 1541 Floppy Disk Drive
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Floppy disk drive, 1982, Commodore. The 1541 is the best-known floppy disk drive of the Commodore 64: a single-sided 170 KB 5.25 inch drive with its own 6502 processor and operating system, so slow that fast loaders became an industry of their own, but sold in millions.
| Years | 1982 to 1993 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Commodore Business Machines |
| Compatibility | Commodore 64, VIC-20, Commodore 128, Plus/4 and C16 |
| Media | 5.25" single-sided double-density floppy disk, GCR encoding, 170 KB per disk (35 tracks, 664 blocks free) |
| Processor | MOS Technology 6502 at 1 MHz with 2 KB RAM and 16 KB ROM (CBM DOS 2.6) |
| Interface | Commodore serial bus, about 0.4 KB/s, daisy-chainable with device numbers 8 to 11 |
| Power | built-in power supply, 25 W (30 W max) |
| Case | beige, matching the original Commodore 64 |
| Price (1982) | US$399 |
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