Commodore Floppy Drive 1570

My compilation is completed!

Autopsy:

My Commodore Floppy drive collection is completed!

Description:

  • Country: Usa
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Yes, it’s rare
  • Year: 1985

from Wikipedia:

The Commodore 1570 was a 5¼” floppy disk drive for the Commodore 128 home/personal computer. It was a single-sided, 170KB version of the double-sided Commodore 1571, released as a stopgap measure when Commodore International was unable to provide large enough quantities of 1571s due to a shortage of double-sided drive mechanisms.

Like the 1571, it could read and write both GCR and MFM disk formats. The 1570 utilized a 1571 logic board in a cream-colored Commodore 1541 case with a drive mechanism similar to the 1541 except that it was equipped with track zero detection.

source: Wikipedia

  1. WF
    November 22nd, 2009 at 18:21 | #1

    Good overview of the 1570 drive and nice photos.

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