SIO-Connector#

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    /                          \ 
   /   2   4   6   8   10  12   \ 
  /                              \
 /   1   3   5   7   9   11  13   \
/__________________________________\
lower rowupper row
1 Clock Input2 Clock Output
3 Data Input4 Ground
5 Data Output 6 Ground
7 _Command8 Motor control
9 _Proceed 10 +5V DC/Ready
11 Audio Input 12 +12V DC
13 _Interrupt

Notes:

  • _=active low
  • Pin 10: +5V DC not on 1200XL
  • Pin 12: +12V DC on 400/800 only. 1400XL/1450XLD?

Joystick-Connector#

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\                       /
 \  1   2   3   4   5  /
  \                   /  
   \  6   7   8   9  /
    \_______________/ 
lower rowupper row
1 Up6 Trigger
2 Down7 +5V DC
3 Left8 Ground
4 Right9 Pot A
5 Pot B
1-4 see STICK0-STICK3, 3 also Paddle Trigger A see PTRIG0, 4 also Paddle Trigger B see PTRIG1
5,9 see PADDL0-PADDL7
6 see STRIG0-STRIG3, also Light Pen Input, see LPENV, LPENH, (400 supports a light pen or light gun in port 4 only) 7 +5V

Monitor Connector#

   3 o           o 1

    5 o         o 4
           o
           2
5 PIN DIN 180° (DIN41524) FEMALE at the computer.

PinDescription
1 Composite Luminance (Composite Video on PAL 600XL)
2 Ground
3 Audio Output
4 Composite Video
5 Composite Chroma (not on 800XL (except "800XLF"), 1200XL; Ground on PAL 600XL)

Power Connector#

not on 400, 800, 1200XL
    7 o         o 6

  3 o             o 1

    5 o         o 4
           o
           2
7 PIN DIN 'C' FEMALE at the computer.
Pin Description
1 +5V
2 Shield
3 Ground
4 +5V
5 Ground
6 +5V
7 Ground

Power consumption

ModelCurrent @ 5VDC
130XE1.5A
65XE 1.0A
800XE 1.0A
XE 1.0A
600XL 1.5A
800XL 1.5A

(Left) Cartridge#

on all machines; "Left Cartridge" on 800
A B C D E F H J K L M N P R S 
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
1                           15 
upper rowlower row
1. _S4 Chip Select $8000 to $9FFF A. RD4 ROM present $8000 to $9FFF
2. A3 CPU Address bus line B. GND Ground
3. A2 CPU Address bus line C. A4 CPU Address bus line
4. A1 CPU Address bus line D. A5 CPU Address bus line
5. A0 CPU Address bus line E. A6 CPU Address bus line
6. D4 CPU Data bus line F. A7 CPU Address bus line
7. D5 CPU Data bus line H. A8 CPU Address bus line
8. D2 CPU Data bus line J. A9 CPU Address bus line
9. D1 CPU Data bus line K. A12 CPU Address bus line
10. D0 CPU Data bus line L. D3 CPU Data bus line
11. D6 CPU Data bus line M. D7 CPU Data bus line
12. _S5 Chip Select $A000 to $BFFF N. A11 CPU Address bus line
13. +5V P. A10 CPU Address bus line
14. RD5 ROM present $A000 to $BFFF R. R/_W CPU read/write
15. _CCTL Cartridge control select S. B02,Phi2 CPU Phase 2 clock
_=active low

Right Cartridge (800 only) #

A B C D E F H J K L M N P R S
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
1                           15 
upper rowlower row
1. R/_W CPU read/write late A. B02,Phi2 CPU Phase 2 clock
2. A3 CPU Address bus line B. GND Ground
3. A2 CPU Address bus line C. A4 CPU Address bus line
4. A1 CPU Address bus line D. A5 CPU Address bus line
5. A0 CPU Address bus line E. A6 CPU Address bus line
6. D4 CPU Data bus line F. A7 CPU Address bus line
7. D5 CPU Data bus line H. A8 CPU Address bus line
8. D2 CPU Data bus line J. A9 CPU Address bus line
9. D1 CPU Data bus line K. A12 CPU Address bus line
10. D0 CPU Data bus line L. D3 CPU Data bus line
11. D6 CPU Data bus line M. D7 CPU Data bus line
12. _S4 Chip Select--$8000 to $9FFF N. A11 CPU Address bus line
13. +5V P. A10 CPU Address bus line
14. RD4 ROM present--$8000 to $9FFF R. R/_W Read/write
15. _CCTL Cartridge control select S. B02,Phi2 CPU Phase 2 clock
_=active low

Enhanced Cartridge Interface (ECI)/Expansion port #

only on 130XE, 800XE and later 65XE versions
  A B C D E F H 
  o o o o o o o 
  o o o o o o o 
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
upper row lower row
A. Reserved 1. _EXTSEL External Select
B. _IRQ Interrupt request 2. _RST Reset output
C. _HALT Halt CPU 3. _D1XX Chip select at area $D1xx
D. A13 CPU Address bus line 4. _MPD Math Pack (FP) Disable
E. A14 CPU Address bus line 5. Audio input
F. A15 CPU Address bus line 6. _REF Refresh cycle
H. GND Ground 7. +5V
_=active low

Parallel Bus Interface (PBI) #

only on 600XL and 800XL
1                                               49 
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o   (upper side of PCB)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o   (lower side of PCB)
2                                               50
upper rowlower row
1. GND Ground 2. _EXTSEL External Select
3. A0 CPU Address bus line 4. A1 CPU Address bus line
5. A2 CPU Address bus line 6. A3 CPU Address bus line
7. A4 CPU Address bus line 8. A5 CPU Address bus line
9. A6 CPU Address bus line 10. GND Ground
11. A7 CPU Address bus line 12. A8 CPU Address bus line
13. A9 CPU Address bus line 14. A10 CPU Address bus line
15. A11 CPU Address bus line 16. A12 CPU Address bus line
17. A13 CPU Address bus line 18. A14 CPU Address bus line
19. GND Ground 20. A15 CPU Address bus line
21. D0 CPU Data bus line 22. D1 CPU Data bus line
23. D2 CPU Data bus line 24. D3 CPU Data bus line
25. D4 CPU Data bus line 26. D5 CPU Data bus line
27. D6 CPU Data bus line 28. D7 CPU Data bus line
29. GND Ground 30. GND Ground
31. B02,Phi2 CPU Phase 2 clock 32. GND Ground
33. NC Reserved 34. _RST Reset output
35. _IRQ Interrupt request 36. _RDY Ready input
37. NC Reserved 38. _EXTENB CPU External decoder Enable
39. NC Reserved 40. _REF Refresh cycle
41. _CAS Column Address Strobe 42. GND Ground
43. _MPD Math Pack (FP) Disable 44. _RAS Row Address Strobe
45. GND Ground 46. LR/_W Latched read/write
47. 800XL: NC. 600XL: +5V 48. 800XL: NC. 600XL: +5V
49. Audio input 50. GND Ground
_=active low
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