General Information

Serial #

AJ1A87918

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET/ CARDBOARD & STYROFOAM CARTON

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

42.0 cm

Width

29.0 cm

Height

14.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Commodore

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1983+

Canada

AMERICAN-MADE PERIPHERAL FOR COMMODORE 64 PERSONAL COMPUTER, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFULLY MARKETED IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE & WAS WIDELY POPULAR WITH FAMILIES & SCHOOLS IN EARLY TO MID 1980S. THIS DISK DRIVE & COMPUTER WERE USED BY DONOR'S FAMILY PRIMARILY TO PLAY GAMES,& LATER FOR WORD PROCESSING.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED WITH PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR LARGE-QUANTITY AND/OR LONG-TERM STORAGE OF DATA OR PROGRAMS ON MAGNETIC DISK.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF STANDARD 5.25 INCH 360 K DISK DRIVE, USED WITH COMMODORE 64 PC WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1982. LATTER WAS FIRST PC WITH REASONABLE COMPUTING POWER FOR UNDER $1000 & WAS MOST POPULAR HOME PC IN HISTORY DUE TO TECHNICAL MERIT & GOOD MARKETING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON BACK READ 'C= commodore/ Single Drive Floppy Disk/ Model 1541/ Power 117Vac 0.5A 60Hz/ Serial No. AJ1A87918' & 'MADE IN JAPAN'/ 2ND LABEL READS 'FCC ID: BR971D 154'/ commodore/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ GREY LETTERING ON BROWN STRIP ON FRONT READS 'C= commodore 1541'/ BLUE & BLACK LETTERING ON CARTON READS 'SINGLE FLOPPY DISK' & 'C= commodore/ COMPUTER'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BROWN CASING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE PORTAL & PARTS/ BLACK & GREY CABLES/ GREY & WHITE CARTON

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED STRIPES ON FRONT LABEL/ RAISED MFR'S LOGO 'C=' ON TOP