Commodore 1541 Operation & User’s Manual

This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy. If it is not. proper! installed and used in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, thi equipment may interfere with radio and television reception. This m~chine ha been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device peripheral in accor ...

No responsibility, however, is assumed for inaccuracies. The material in this manual is for information purposes only, and may be changed without notice. © Commodore Electronics Ltd., September 1984 "All rights reserved." TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................ ...

Chapter 4: Commands ••.••••.••...•••••••.•••••••••••...••••...•.•••••• 25 Command Channel. •••••..•..••.•..•••••..••.••••••••.•..•.•.•• 25 Reading the Error Channel ..••� ...

ity of your Commodore computer. As you use the 1541 disk drive, you will appreciate its superiority to the cassette recorder you may have used before and to disk drives offered for other brands of computers. THE ADVANTAGES OF A DISK DRIVE • Speed If yo ...

diskette's storage space.) All this is handled automatically on Commodore disk drives. I. Unpack, hook-up, and turn ~n the disk drive. The 1541 disk drive always knows where the next program will go, and automatically fits There's no shortcut through this part. You'll have ...

STORAGE Total formatted capacity Maximum Sequential file size Maximum Relative file size Records per file Files per diskette Tracks per diskette Sectors per track Sectors per diskette Bytes per sector 174848 bytes per diskette 168656 bytes per diskette 167132 bytes per diskette 65535 144 35 17-21 683 total 664 free for d ...

First, it is very important to be sure nothing is inside the disk drive. If you turn the power off or on with a diskette in the drive, you could lose its contents and have to re- record it. Since you wouldn't like having to do that, always check to be sure nothing is inside the drive before turning it off or on. When you first unpack the disk ...

Commodore Penonal Computer Twin Fig 3.b Floppy Disc Hookup 8 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE s;;;.Olll Q;;;; indicator light on the 1541 not on Cause Disk drive not turned on Power cable not plugged in Power off to wall outlet Bad fuse in disk drive Remedy Make sure power switch is in the " on" position Che ...

computer says " DEVICE NOT PRESENT ERROR.' ' Programs won't load, but computer and disk drive give no error message. Cause Serial bus cable not well connected, or disk not turned on. Anolher device on the serial bus may be interfering. Remedy Be sure serial bus cable is correctly inserted and disk driv ...