Commodore 16

Commodore 16The CBM 16 is Like the CBM Plus/4, but with less ram and built in software. The machine is a cross between the C64 and the Plus/4. Since it wasn’t compatible with the software pool of the C64 and Vic 20, the people ignored this machine. The basic V3.5 was the same as the Plus/4, therefore some of the programs written for Plus/4 could run. The connections of the C16 differ drastically from other Commodore Computers. You had to buy different Joysticks and Datasette due to the new connections. The C16 was in fact sister machines to the C64. The C16 was made because commodore didn’t have a low priced machine were as companies like Sinclair had a good edge in the market.

 
C16
1984 $99(USA) – £65(UK)
Boxed: EA5 291879
1984
7501 or 8501 8 BIT CPU working on a frequency of 1.75Mhz and 6502 Compatible. The processor can access 64Kbytes of memory, between Ram and Rom.
32 Kbytes of ROM including basic V3.5 & 16 Kbytes of RAM expandable to 64 Kbytes.
Black Plastic Case and light grey keys, with four function keys on the right hand side. Non-Standard ASCII QWERTY Keyboard, 66 normal keys. Two Cursor Control keys (UP/Down and Left/Right). Other special Keys Like the Commodore Key, Run/Stop, Clear/Home, Restore, etc.
TED 7360 or TED 8360 with 5 Display modes, a resolution of 320 x 200 and a palette of 15 colours with 8 intensity levels per colour and black, which gives you a total of 121 colours.
TED 7360 or TED 8360 with 2 channel sound, of which one channel capable of producing white noise. Also the Plus/4 has the ability to play digitized sound with an amplitude resolution of 3 bits.
1x TV Connector (RF Modulator that transmits both audio and video).
2x Joystick Ports.
1x Tape interface at 300 baud
1x Serial Port for connecting 1541 or new 1551 Disk Drive and Printers
1x Bus Expansion Port or Cartridge Port User Port.
Commodore own Power Supply with an output voltage of 9V.
Weight approx 925g & Dimensions 404 x 216 x 75mm (W x L x H).
Not more than 250,000 units in Europe.

The club currently owns one Commodore 16 Boxed Starter Pack, with power supply, RF cable, Manuals, Introduction to Basic Part 1, 2 Games and 1 Datasette. Everything is in excellent working condition.

 

Cassette

7 Pin MINI-DIN Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 GND N/A Ground
2 +5V OUT +5V DC
3 MOTOR OUT Cassette Motor
4 READ IN Cassette Read
5 WRITE OUT Cassette Write
6 SENSE OUT Cassette Sense
7 GND N/A Ground
 

 

Control Port 1

8 Pin MINI-DIN Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 JOYA0 IN Joystick UP
2 JOYA1 IN Joystick DOWN
3 JOYA2 IN Joystick LEFT
4 JOYA3 IN Joystick RIGHT
5 +5V OUT DC Supply
6 BUTTON A IN Fire Btn
7 GND N/A Ground
8 COMMON A IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 1
Fire Detect
 

 

Control Port 2

8 Pin MINI-DIN Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 JOYB0 IN Joystick UP
2 JOYB1 IN Joystick DOWN
3 JOYB2 IN Joystick LEFT
4 JOYB3 IN Joystick RIGHT
5 +5V OUT DC Supply
6 BUTTON B IN Fire Btn
7 GND N/A Ground
8 COMMON B IN/
OUT		 Data Bit 2
Fire Detect
 

 

Expansion Port

50 Pin Commodore Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 GND N/A Ground
2 +5V OUT +5V DC
3 +5V OUT +5V DC
4 /IRQ IN/
OUT		 Request Interrupt
5 R/W IN Read Write 1=Read 0=Write
6 C1 HIGH IN External Cartridge Chip
7 C2 LOW IN External Cartridge Chip
8 C2 HIGH IN External Cartridge Chip
9 /CS1 IN Chip Select Line 1
10 /CS0 IN Chip Select Line 0
11 /CAS IN/ Column Address Strobe
12 MUX IN DRAM addr multiplex
13 BA IN Bus Avail Low=DMA
14 D7 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 7
15 D6 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 6
16 D5 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 5
17 D4 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 4
18 D3 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 3
19 D2 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 2
20 D1 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 1
21 D0 IN/
OUT		 Data Bus 0
22 AEC IN Address Enable Code
23 EAI IN External Audio In
24 PHI 2 IN/
OUT		 Artificial PHI 2 sig
25 GND N/A Ground
A GND N/A Ground
B C1 LOW IN External Cartridge Chip
C /RESET IN Cold start Reset
D /RAS IN/
OUT		 Row Address Strobe
E PHI 0 IN/
OUT		 Artificial PHI 0 Sig
F A15 OUT Address 15
H A14 OUT Address 14
J A13 OUT Address 13
K A12 OUT Address 12
L A11 OUT Address 11
M A10 OUT Address 10
N A9 OUT Address 9
P A8 OUT Address 8
R A7 OUT Address 7
S A6 OUT Address 6
T A5 OUT Address 5
U A4 OUT Address 4
V A3 OUT Address 3
W A2 OUT Address 2
X A1 OUT Address 1
Y A0 OUT Address 0
Z N/C N/A No Connection
AA N/C N/A No Connection
BB N/C N/A No Connection
CC GND N/A Ground
 

 

Power

2 Pin Power Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 GND N/A Ground
2 9V AC IN 9V AC
 

 

Serial Port

6 Pin DIN (DIN45322) Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 /SRQ IN IN/
OUT		 Serial
SRQIN
2 GND N/A Ground
3 ATN IN/
OUT		 Serial
ATN
4 CLK IN/
OUT		 Serial
Clock
5 DATA IN/
OUT		 Serial
Data
6 /RESET IN Reset
 

 

User Port

24 Port Pin Male Edge
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 GND N/A Ground
2 +5V OUT +5V DC
3 A RESET IN Reset Clock
4 P2 IN/
OUT		 Data 2
5 P3 IN/
OUT		 Data 3
6 P4 IN/
OUT		 Data 4
7 P5 IN/
OUT		 Data 5
8 RxC IN Receive Data
9 ATN IN/
OUT		 Attenuator
10 9V AC OUT 9V AC
11 9V AC OUT 9V AC
12 GND N/A Ground
A GND N/A Ground
B P0 IN/
OUT		 Data 0
C RxD IN Receive Data
D RTS IN Request To Send
E DTR IN/
OUT		 Data Terminal Ready
F P7 IN/
OUT		 Data 7
H DCD IN Data Carrier Detect
J P6 IN/
OUT		 Data 6
K CTS IN/
OUT		 Clear To Send
L DSR OUT Data Set Ready
M TxD OUT Transmit Data
N GND N/A Ground
 

 

Video Port

8 Pin DIN (DIN45326) Female
at the Computer
Pin Name Dir Desc
1 LUM OUT Luminance (Mono) 1V p-p
2 GND N/A Ground
3 AUDIO OUT Audio Imp 1k 2V p-p
4 VIDEO OUT Composite Video 1V p-p
5 AUDIO IN Audio Imp 100k 3V p-p
6 CHROMA OUT Color
7 N/C IN No Connection
8 +5V OUT +5V DC