The 8280 replaced the earlier 806x series 8" drives and switched to half-height drives. Like the 8061/62 units, the 8280 supports IBM 3740 disks. However, instead of 500k group code recording (GCR) format used by other Commodore drives, it uses MFM as its native disk recording format, the only 8-bit Commodore drive to do so apart from the 1581. Contrary to the 8061/62, the drive ROM has the capability for formatting disks and verifying them, eliminating the need for external utility disk for these operations. The manual contains also a simple BASIC listing of a program to read sectors from IBM 3470 disks.
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commodore, 8280, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Commodore 8280 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message The Commodore 8280 is a dual 8 floppy disk drive for Commodore International computers It uses a wide rectangular steel case form similar to that of the Commodore 4040 and uses the parallel IEEE 488 interface common to Commodore PET CBM computers Commodore 8280ManufacturerCommodore Business Machines Inc TypeFloppy driveMedia2 8 double sided double density floppy disk 1 Operating systemCBM DOS 3 0CPU2 MOS 6502 1 MHzStorage1024 kB per disk 1 ConnectivityParallel IEEE 488 1 Dimensions380mm 200mm 420mm 1 BackwardcompatibilityPET 4000 series 8000 series B128 Commodore 64 Commodore 128 VIC 20 with IEEE 488 adapterPredecessorCommodore 8061 62SuccessorCommodore 8050RelatedCommodore D9060 D9090 The 8280 replaced the earlier 806x series 8 drives and switched to half height drives Like the 8061 62 units the 8280 supports IBM 3740 disks However instead of 500k group code recording GCR format used by other Commodore drives it uses MFM as its native disk recording format the only 8 bit Commodore drive to do so apart from the 1581 Contrary to the 8061 62 the drive ROM has the capability for formatting disks and verifying them eliminating the need for external utility disk for these operations The manual contains also a simple BASIC listing of a program to read sectors from IBM 3470 disks References edit nbsp An 8 floppy disk in comparison the largest sized common removable storage medium in the last half century a b c d Laufwerke CBM 8060 Drives CBM 8060 Commodore Computer Online Museum in German Retrieved 19 March 2015 nbsp This microcomputer or microprocessor related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commodore 8280 amp oldid 1147425013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
