# C64 RS232 User Port

Available on the Commodore C64/C128. Software emulated. The signals does not have true RS232 levels. It's TTL level, and RXD/TXD is inverted. It's just the normal User Port, used as a RS232 port.

(at the computer)

UNKNOWN CONNECTOR at the computer.

Pin | Name | RS232 | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
A | GND | GND | Protective Ground
B+C | FLAG2+PB0 | RxD | Receive Data (Must be applied to both pins!)
D | PB1 | RTS | Ready To Send
E | PB2 | DTR | Data Terminal Ready
F | PB3 | RI | Ring Indicator
H | PB4 | DCD | Data Carrier Detect
K | PB6 | CTS | Clear To Send
L | PB7 | DSR | Data Set Ready
M | PA2 | TxD | Transmit Data
N | GND | GND | Signal Ground

Contributor: | Joakim Ögren, Arwin Vosselman, Mark Sokos

Source: | Usenet posting in comp.sys.cbm - Help on modem -> c64 by Lasher Glenn
| Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide

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Document last modified: 2002-01-10