Editing Commodore Datasette (section)

{{Short description|Dedicated magnetic tape data storage device}}
[[file:Commodore-Datasette-C2N-Mk1-Front.jpg|thumb|The third, most common version of the 1530 C2N Datassette]]

The '''Commodore 1530''' ('''C2N''') '''Datasette''', later also '''Datassette''' (a [[portmanteau]] of ''[[data]]'' and ''cassette''), is [[Commodore International|Commodore]]'s dedicated [[magnetic-tape data storage]] device. Using [[Cassette tape#data|compact cassettes]] as the [[storage medium]], it provides inexpensive storage to Commodore's [[8-bit]] computers, including the [[Commodore PET|PET]], [[VIC-20]], and [[Commodore 64]]. A physically similar model, '''Commodore 1531''', was made for the [[Commodore 16]] and [[Commodore Plus/4|Plus/4]] series computers.