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Commodore 1571 Internals: The Essential Reference for all 1571 Users

1571 Internals by Rainer Ellinger; a Data Becker Book published by Abacus Software. Dear Reader, With the 1570/1571 disk drive you have one of the most powerful 5 1/4" disk drives available for home computers. The 1570 is a single-sided disk drive that contains the electronics of the 1571, but is currently available only in Europe. The 1570/1571 processes two different Commodore disk formats and a number of different CP/M disk formats. In addition, the Commodore drives are probably the only drives which contain their own computers — they have independent microprocessor controllers. This book is intended to help you get acquainted with all of the functions of the 1570 and the 1571. With this in mind, you will find a reader's guide following the table of contents. My goal is to lead you to the successful use of this disk drive — doesn't matter if you are a beginner or a professional. The 1571 Internals book is not only a tutorial guide, but above all it is also a reference work. Expert programmers will find this book helpful. The ROM listing is in a class by itself. Never before has a ROM listing been so thoroughly documented. Two unique features of this listing are the entry points

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