All of the signals on the interface are controlled by the I/O device
UAB1. Eight parallel bi-directional data lines, PA0- PA7, are used as
the parallel data bus for the interface. UA2 is an octal bus
transceiver used to provide communication on the general purpose
interface bus, GPIB, between operating units of the system. The data
transfer and bus-management signals are communicated by UA3, thus
completing the 16-line interface of the IEEE-488 bus.
DAV | Data Valid | DAV low signifies data is valid on the data bus. |
E01 | End or Identity | CBM always sets E01 low while the last data byte is being transferred. |
DAC | Data Not Accepted | DAC is low when data is being read and returned high after the last data byte is read. |
RFD | Not Ready For Data | RFD is low until all receivers are ready to accept data, then the line will go high. |
SRQ | Service Request | Not implemented in BASIC but available to the CBM user. |
ATN | Attention | The host sets the signal low while sending commands on the data bus. |
REN | Remote Enable | REN is held low by the bus controller and the host has this pin per-manently grounded. |
IFC | Interface Clear | The host sends its internal reset signal as IFC low to initialize all devices. |