Commodore C2N Datasette

Taiwan, Province Of China

ACMI Collection

Videogame On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI.

The Commodore 1530 (C2N) Datasette, later also Datassette (a portmanteau of data and cassette), is Commodore’s dedicated magnetic tape data storage device. Using compact cassettes as the storage medium, it provides inexpensive storage to Commodore’s 8-bit home/personal computers, notably the PET, VIC-20, and C64.

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

manufacturer

Commodore Business Machines

Production places
Taiwan, Province Of China

Appears in

Group of items

Commodore 64 console and cassettes

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

E000283

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Foyer → Entry → FSF-03. MPL exterior

Measurements

53 x 195 x 155mm

Object Types

3D Object

Computer game equipment/Game

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