Commodore bus

The Commodore serial IEEE-488 bus (IEC Bus), is Commodore's interface for primarily magnetic disk data storage and printers for Commodore 8-bit home computers: the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, Plus/4, Commodore 16, and Commodore 65.

Commodore serial IEEE-488
Type Peripheral bus
Production history
Designer Commodore International
Designed 1980 (1980)
Manufacturer Various
Produced 1980–present
General specifications
Length 1.8 meters maximum
Hot pluggable No
Daisy chain Yes, up to 31 devices
External Yes
Pins 6
Connector DIN connector
Electrical
Signal Open collector 5 V
Max. voltage 5 V
Max. current 3.2 mA
Data
Data signal Yes
Bitrate 3.2–41.6 kbit/s
Protocol Serial
Pinout
Female socket from the front.
Pin 1 SRQ Service Request
Pin 2 GND Ground
Pin 3 ATN Attention
Pin 4 CLK Clock
Pin 5 DATA Data
Pin 6 RESET Reset
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