OC-118N

OC-118N

Type:	Floppy
Producer:	Oceanic Electronics Corp.
Price:	? US$
Released:	198?
Discontinued:	199?
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Info:	alias 'FSD-2 Excelerator+Plus

The OC-118N or FSD-2 Excelerator+Plus is a 5.25" disk drive for the Commodore 64.

Unlike the VIC-1540, 1541 and 1541-II, it is not from Commodore, but was built by third-party Oceanic Electronics Group. It processes 5.25" floppy disks with 174.8 KBytes, 35 tracks, 256 bytes per sector and up to 144 directory entries per disk side.

It is housed in an elegant and much narrower and flatter case than even the 1541-II. Compatibility with the Commodore drives is very high, but not 100 percent - the drive cannot handle extreme copy protection measures aimed at the 1541-II (such as with Caveman Ugh-Lympics). On the other hand, the general access times are slightly faster than with the 1541-II, and according to the manufacturer even 30% faster than with the 1541.