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>1581

I assume this is a model number? You couldn't possibly mean 1,581 3.5" drives ... right?

PhasmaFelis on April 16, 2018 [–]

Yep. The 1541 was Commodore's original single-sided 5.25" floppy drive (you had to physically remove and flip the disk to read the other side). The 1571 was a double-sided 5.25" drive, and the 1581 was a double-sided double-density 3.5" drive.

(Yes I know all those numbers from memory)

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