The older 5-pin video connector did not provide the chroma signal.
No need for lengthy discussions here; Google's your friend, lots of info on the web,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "drlegendre ." <drlegendre at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: Trivial to adapt C64 1902 monitor output to s-video?
@Geoff,
I've heard tell of such things, but never encountered a non-S-video C64 in
all my years. And around here, all we ever see are the 'breadbin' type -
the C-64C is quite rare.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans <oltmansg at gmail.com>
wrote:
> That's not universally true. I had a breadbin C-64 that only output
> composite video. All the C-64Cs do, but apparently an easy way to check on
> the older ones is whether the video connector is 5-pin or 8-pin.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 7:33 PM, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The C-64 video output +is+ S-Video.. nothing to convert so much, as just
> > making the correct cable for your application.
> >
> > You just need to get the Chroma and Luma signals (and possibly the audio
> as
> > well) from the port. That's S-Video..
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at
gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:10 PM, tony duell <ard at
p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > [...] I am (mainly) a Commodore enthusiast).
> > > >
> > >
> > > This discussion bumped my memory a little and I was wanting to do it.
> > Has
> > > anyone tried this or does anyone have knowledge of why it should or
> > > shouldn't work?
> > >
> > > -thx
> > > jake
> > >
> >
>