Photo of the VIC-1541 Disk drive and manual

VIC-1541

physical object

Identifier
2023.5.3
Description
The Commodore VIC-1541 is a floppy disk drive designed for the Commodore's home computer, Commodore 64 (C64). This drive is a single-sided 170 KB drive for 5.25" floppy disks. On commodore 64, you could find a 6 pins for DIN cable. That is where the floppy disk drive gets connected to the home computer.
Related Term
computing technology (is described by)

Related people
Jane Britton (donor)
Ayoung Eun (documented)
Scott Campbell (documented)