Commodore VIC-1541 Floppy Disk Drive
date: label: date made
content: 1984
notes: label: Description
content: The Commodore 1541 disk drive allowed users to store a maximum of 174,000 bytes of data or up to 144 different programs and/or data files on a single 5 ¼” floppy diskette. The circuitry for the drive included 16K of ROM (read only memory which stored the operating program) and 2K of RAM (random access memory) enabling it to process data without using any of the computer’s memory. The drive came with a power cable, serial bus cable, a demonstration diskette, and a user’s manual.
label: Description
content: This disk drive has serial # AM1A01751 and was purchased in 1984 by the donor for their Commodore 64.
label: Description
content: See related objects 1989.0544.01.1, 1989.0544.01.7, and 1989.0544.01.8. For the manual see 1989.0544.03.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: D. D. Hilke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0544.01.2
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0544.01.2
label: accession number
content: 1989.0544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microcomputer peripheral, disk drive
label: Object Name
content: disk drive
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 19 cm x 36.1 cm; 4 1/32 in x 7 15/32 in x 14 7/32 in