What's Included
- Commodore Serial Cable (6-Pin DIN, approx. 100cm / 3.3ft)
- Protective caps for connectors
Features
Experience reliable and fast access to your Commodore peripheral devices with a brand-new, high-quality serial DIN cable.This is a premium, fully-wired IEEE-488 based serial bus cable designed specifically for connecting floppy disk drives, serial printers, upscalers, and modern accessories to your 8-bit Commodore machines.
Cable Specifications & Highlights:
- Heavy Duty Shielding: Built with thick 26AWG signal lines and fully connected individual shielding (properly insulated from the signal ground pin as per Commodore's original design guidelines) to minimize data errors and transmission noise.
- Standard 6-Pin DIN Contacts: Molded 6-pin male connectors on both ends sit securely in standard Commodore ports, resisting wear and maintaining structural integrity over years of plug cycles.
- Multi-purpose Peripheral Utility: Supports daisy-chaining multiple devices (e.g. disk drive to printer) along the Commodore serial bus without signal degradation.
- Versatile Compatibility: Works perfectly with original vintage hardware as well as modern replacements like SD2IEC units, Pi1541 setups, and custom drive emulation assemblies.
Compatibility
- Computers: Commodore 64 (C64/C64C), Commodore 128 (C128), VIC-20, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 116, and C65
- Disk Drives: 1541, 1541-II, 1540, 1541C, 1570, 1571, 1581, and secondary expansion drives
- Printers: Commodore MPS 801, MPS 802, MPS 803, MPS 1000, MPS 1250, MPS 1270, and similar models
- Drive Emulators: SD2IEC (serial versions), Pi1541 HAT layouts, and parallel-to-serial adapters
- Synthesizers/MIDI: Rolands PG-200 to JX-3P / MKS-30 / GR-700 Synthesizers and select vintage audio mixers using 6-Pin DIN requirements