Commodore C2N Cassette Unit First Serie

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Commodore C2N Cassette Unit First Serie - photo 1

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Cassette recorder, 1977, Commodore. The C2N Datasette is Commodore's dedicated tape unit for the PET, VIC-20 and Commodore 64: it stores programs and data on ordinary compact cassettes with a very reliable digital encoding, at about 50 bytes per second. This is a unit of the first series, sold with the early PET 2001-N and VIC-20.

Years1977 to 1985 (first series: about 1978 to 1982)
ManufacturerCommodore Business Machines
CompatibilityPET/CBM, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128
Mediastandard compact cassette
Transfer speedabout 300 baud with error correction (every block written twice)
Interfacecassette edge connector, powered by the computer
Model numbersC2N, also sold as Datassette model 1530
Casefirst series with the light case and the "C2N" label

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