The aim of the project is to recreate the case of the prototype drive Commodore 1565 for the C65 (both never released) as accurate as possible. To do this I used original dimensions of a Commodore 65 prototype and some pictures of the 1565. In addition, the only known owner of a real 1565, sent me never published pictures with details, so the accuracy could be increased even further. Except for details in the inside and the motherboard my model corresponds very closely to the real 1565. Thus the P1565 called project is the world's most accurate 1565 copy of the real 1565. Then, LEDs, nameplates and rubber feet were installed. The picture shows renderings of the case and show not the final P1565 design. There are some details missing. The LEDs on top of the original 1565 will not be on the final P1565 design.



Below are some pictures of real existing 3D model. It was printed four hours on a Z650 series 3D printer.





The technology of 1565 is not known exactly, but it's just a small, simple PCB board inside. There are not many C65 produced and only late models (Rev 5 with 8 pin 1565 floppy-port and late version of FDC F011 Floppy Disk Controller chip) could access the drive. The original 1565 would be drive #9 and is only compatible with C65 computers.

Similar because of the 3,5" disk drive would be the 1581. It was mass produced, but it's rare also. The PCB board of 1581 is a lot bigger then 1565 and will not fit. As the floppy disk drive is mounted directly on the bottom case part of the 1565, there would be no place to put the 1581 PCB.

It is possible to built-in a external Amiga disk drive. I did that, but the PCB had to be modified.

Also it would be possible to use it for other projects, a case for 1541U, an USB-Floppy drive or card reader.