ID help (Commie, IBM, Nissho?)

The Vic-1541 was the disk drive with the colors of the Vic-20. These were marketed at about the time of the introduction of the C64 and could be used with either the Vic-20 or the C64. Internally the Vic-1541 and the original beige Commodore 1541 (the one with the pull down door latch) are essentially the same. The later versions of the C-1541 (flip down latch) were changed internally with different drive moters, etc. Functionally they are all the same. Is it worth $10.00 ? The Vic-1541's are somewhat more uncommon that the C-1541's, and are in a little more demand among Commodore collectors for that reason. I would put their value at between $10 and $20. In other words, if I were in San Francisco I probably would have picked it up, but it's not worth shipping across country. Now then, should you happen across one labled "Vic-1540", you had better grab it as they are ultra-rare. I've only heard that they exist, I've never actually seen one. Supposedly they were introduced for a short time before the Vic-1541 and the drive speed is set for the Vic-20, and therefore will not work with the later Commodore machines. Cliff Gregory cgregory(a)lrbcg.com -----Original Message----- From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt; To: Cgregory <Cgregory> Date: Monday, January 19, 1998 5:01 AM Subject: ID help (Commie, IBM, Nissho?) $10?