.jpg)
COMMODORE 64 - HARD DRIVES - THE COMPLETE HISTORY
The Following is a detailed list of all the known Hard Drives that were created for, or used on a Commodore 64 or Commodore 128 computer system.
| Model : | D9060 |
| Manufacturer : | Commodore Business Machines (CBM) |
| Year: | 1982 |
| HD Mechanism : | TANDON 8mb capacity (MFM) |
| Formatted Capacity : | 5.0 mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 19, 442 Blocks Free (1 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 20 Seconds (1541 took 88 seconds) |
| Connection type: | IEEE 488 |
| Model : | D9090 |
| Manufacturer : | Commodore Business Machines (CBM) |
| Year: | 1982 |
| HD Mechanism : | TANDON 10mb capacity (MFM) |
| Formatted Capacity : | 7.5 mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 29, 162 Blocks Free (1 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 20 Seconds (1541 took 88 seconds) |
| Connection type: | IEEE 488 |
| Model : | Lt.Kernal |
| Manufacturer : | XETEC |
| Year: | 1985 (Cost US$899) |
| HD Mechanism : | SCSI |
| Formatted Capacity : | 20mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 78,160 Blocks Free (150 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 2.5 Seconds |
| Connection type: | Cartridge parallel interface |
| Model : | ST10 |
| Manufacturer : | Computer Specialists, Inc (CSI) |
| Year: | 1985 (Cost US$895) |
| HD Mechanism : | (MFM) type |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 38,280 Blocks Free (1 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 87 Seconds |
| Connection type: | Serial & IEEE-488 parallel |
| Model : | HFD-10 (Data Chief) |
| Manufacturer : | InConTrol, Inc (ICT) |
| Year: | 1987 (Cost US$895) |
| HD Mechanism : | (MFM) type |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 39,480 Blocks Free (120 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 87 Seconds (26 secs using Fast-Loader) |
| Connection type: | Serial |
| Model : | HFD-20 (Data Chief) |
| Manufacturer : | InConTrol, Inc (ICT) |
| Year: | 1987 (Cost US$995) |
| HD Mechanism : | (MFM) type |
| Formatted Capacity : | 20mb (can expand to 60mb) |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 79,680 Blocks Free (120 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 87 Seconds (26 secs using Fast-Loader) |
| Connection type: | Serial |
| Model : | JCT-1000 |
| Manufacturer : | JCT |
| Year: | 1987 (Cost US$595) |
| HD Mechanism : | (MFM) type |
| Formatted Capacity : | 3.7mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 14,116 Blocks Free (255 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 77 Seconds |
| Connection type: | Serial |
| Model : | JCT-1005 |
| Manufacturer : | JCT |
| Year: | 1987 (Cost US$695) |
| HD Mechanism : | (MFM) type |
| Formatted Capacity : | 5mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 19,280 Blocks Free (255 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 77 Seconds |
| Connection type: | Serial |
| Model : | JCT-1010 |
| Manufacturer : | JCT |
| Year: | 1987 (Cost US$795) |
| HD Mechanism : | (MFM) type |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 38,160 Blocks Free (255 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 77 Seconds |
| Connection type: | Serial |
| Model : | DEVICE-9 "The Vault" |
| Manufacturer : | Progressive Peripherals & Software Inc. |
| Year: | 1987 (Cost US$899) |
| HD Mechanism : | SCSI-I |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 38,280 Blocks Free(1 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | ?? Seconds |
| Connection type: | Serial (8-11) |
| Model : | HD-4000 |
| Manufacturer : | Creative Micro Designs (CMD) |
| Year: | 1990 (Cost US$995) |
| HD Mechanism : | 5 Gb SCSI-II |
| Formatted Capacity : | 4.04 GIG |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 1,647,182 Blocks Free (255 Directories) |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 3 Seconds or 1.5 seconds with RL |
| Connection type: | Serial or Parallel Cable"Ramlink Cartridge" |
| Model : | IDE-HD |
| Manufacturer : | Tomas Pribyl |
| Year: | 2000 |
| HD Mechanism : | IDE |
| Formatted Capacity : | ???? |
| CBM DOS Capacity | ???? |
| Load 130 Blocks: | 2 Seconds |
| Connection type: | Cartridge Port (Parallel) |
| Model : | IDE-ATA-HD |
| Manufacturer : | Asbjørn Djupdal |
| Year: | 2002 |
| HD Mechanism : | IDE |
| Formatted Capacity : | 16 mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 63,999 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds |
| Connection type: | Serial |
Note: This HD system also contains an
Indus-GT 170k Floppy Drive unit.
Company Details: (As published in April-1987):-
CBM: Commodore USA, UK, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA, etc
JCT : PO BOX 286, Grants Pass, OR 97526 , USA
CSI : PO Box 1718, Melborne , FL 32902 , USA
ICT : 103 Baughman's Lane, Suite 301, Frederick, MD 21701 , USA
XETEC : 2804 Arnold Rd, Salina, KS 67401 , USA
Progressive Peripherals & Software Inc : 464 kalmath St, Denver, KS 67401 , USA
Company Details: (As published in December-2005):-
The HARDBOX can also connect to a normal
Video Recorder allowing you to backup up to
100mb of data to a Video Tape.
That is 400,000 Blocks per Tape.. Nice feture for such an old unit.
| Model : | CIA-IDE-HD |
| Manufacturer : | Maciej Witkowiak |
| Year: | 2002 |
| HD Mechanism : | IDE |
| Formatted Capacity : | 16 mb x 256 = 4 Gig |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 63,999 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds (works with GEOS only) |
| Connection type: | Parallal - on top of 6526 CIA chip! |
| Model : | HARDBOX |
| Manufacturer : | Small systems engineering limited |
| Year: | 1983 |
| HD Mechanism : | MFM |
| Formatted Capacity : | 6mb, 11mb and 20mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 80,000 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds |
| Connection type: | IEEE |
| Model : | MW1000 |
| Manufacturer : | Sails Systems Engineering Limited |
| Year: | 1983 |
| HD Mechanism : | MFM |
| Formatted Capacity : | 5mb, 10mb & 15mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 60,000 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds |
| Connection type: | IEEE |
.jpg)
| Model : | ALPHA 10 |
| Manufacturer : | APSTOR |
| Year: | 1983 |
| HD Mechanism : | MFM |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb + 10mb = 20mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 80,000 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds |
| Connection type: | IEEE |
| Model : | BORSU |
| Manufacturer : | |
| Year: | 1983 |
| HD Mechanism : | MFM |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb + 10mb = 20mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 80,000 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds |
| Connection type: | IEEE |
| Model : | ALPHA 10 |
| Manufacturer : | APSTOR |
| Year: | 1983 |
| HD Mechanism : | MFM |
| Formatted Capacity : | 10mb + 10mb = 20mb |
| CBM DOS Capacity | 80,000 Blocks Free |
| Load 130 Blocks: | XX Seconds |
| Connection type: | IEEE |