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The Commodore 4040 is the replacement for the previous models 2040 (U.S.) and 3040 (Europe). It's a dual-drive 5¼" floppy disk subsystem for Commodore Business Machines. It uses a wide-case form, and uses the parallel IEEE-488 interface common to Commodore PET/CBM computers. Wikipedia →
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Write, Edit, and PrintDonald H. McCunn · 1982- 📕User's manual for CBM Dual Drive Floppys model 2040, model 4040, model 3040, model 8050Commodore Business Machines. · 1980
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