For some older computers that often didn’t have hard disk drives at all, like the Commodore 64, it’s one of the few ways to load programs into computer memory.

The Commodore 1541 disk drive is unlike anything you’ll ever see in modern computer hardware. At launch, the 1541 cost almost as much as the Commodore 64 it was attached to ($400, or about $1040 ...

The makers of the C-64 included a hard-coded copy of BASIC on its internal ROM so you wouldn’t have to boot from a 5.25-inch floppy disk, as you did with most contemporaneous PCs.

If you’d rather go the ROM route, there’s a spot on the PCB for adding a Raspberry Pi Zero, which allows the Pi1541 Commodore 1541 disk drive emulator to be installed so that software can be ...

In fact, we dug out the C64 from under its subterranean hideout and set it up along with the gigantic disk drive (bigger than the new PS2, hilariously) to prove the point.

Rasberry Pi enthusiasts may be interested in a new tutorial describing how to add a floppy disk drive to a Raspberry Pi mini PC. ... DOS and Commodore 64 5.25 inch disks. ...

In the UK, for example, a 512K Atari ST with disk drive, monitor, mouse and a big bundle of software cost £750. This was less than the £800 that Apple UK charged to upgrade a 128K standard Mac ...

Though he’s most notable for putting the latest and greatest gaming hardware in lap-friendly enclosures, Ben Heckendorn’s latest project is decidedly retro. Fittingly dubbed the "Commodore 64 ...