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Floppy disk drive for the Commodore 64
The Commodore 1541 is a floppy disk drive which was made by Commodore International for the Commodore 64 (C64), Commodore's most popular home computer. The best-known floppy disk drive for the C64, the 1541 is a single-sided 170-kilobyte drive for 5¼" disks. The 1541 directly followed the Commodore 1540. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Commodore 1541A 5-minute orientation
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📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Disk DriveHoward W. Sams · 1984
Write, Edit, and PrintDonald H. McCunn · 1982
Domenikos Theotokopoulos called El GrecoGreco, A. Hartman · 1937- 📕Four-In-One Infocom SamplerInfocom · 1984
Commodore 1541 troubleshooting & repair guideMichael G. Peltier · 1986- 📕Commodore 1541 Troubleshooting and Repair GuideMike Peltier · 1986
- 📕Commodore 1541-II Disk Drive (Sams Computerfacts) · 1988
- 📕Commodore 1541 Disk Drive Troubleshooting and Repair Guide · 1985
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