Project 1565
Goal of the project is a replica of the Prototpye-floppy Commodore 1565 for the C65. If production is not too expansive, a real piece of it will be created.
Case
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.
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Gehäuse 3D Druck
Unten einige Bilder des real existierenden 3D Modelles. Es wurde vier Stunden lang an einem 3D Drucker der Serie Z650 ausgedruckt.
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Video
P1565 Introduction Video - 3D Rendering
P1565 Final Video - 3D Model
Technology
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 the case would be a little too small. 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. Maybe the use of a re-design and a (thinner) PC-compatible disk drive would be possible.
It may be possible to built-in a external Amiga disk drive.
Also it would be possible for own projects, a case for 1541U, an USB-Floppy drive or card reader.