Artifact Details

Title

Amiga 1000 personal computer external 3 1/2-inch floppy disk drive

Catalog Number

X1611.99E

Type

Physical object

Description

The object consists of the external floppy-disk drive and the original manufacturer's box with two molded foam packaging inserts.. The dimensions are of the drive unit, excluding the attached cable.. The object has the "rainbow checkmark" Amiga logo molded into the upper left-hand corner of the front panel, next to the drive door.. The free end of the attached cable is terminated with silver metal DB-23-P plug. The Commodore "C-and-flag" logo is molded into two sides of the plug.. There is a DB-23-S connector in the rear panel of the object. It mates with the plug on the free end of the attached cable.. Note that the connectors on the rear panel and on the free end of the attached cable are 23-pin connectors (twenty three), not the more common 25-pin connectors.. There is a white adhesive label affixed to one side of the outer box with the handwritten notations, "44093" and "295" in blue ink.

Date

1985

Manufacturer

Commodore Business Machines, Inc.

Place Manufactured

Japan

Identifying Numbers

Model number 1010
Serial number XN 1106526

Dimensions

overall: 2.75 x 6.125 x 8.5

Category

Memory/disk

Credit

Gift of Ed Elizondo

Lot Number

X1611.99A-I