23 Oct
2006
23 Oct
'06
9:58 a.m.
On Monday 23 October 2006 00:11, Chris Sullivan wrote:
For the most part, if you purchase a TV that has a
"composite" video
input (you can identify this by the one [yellow] plug for video and
the two plugs [white and red] for audio), you should have no problem
using a composite video cable from a Commodore 64.. that is, a cable
that plugs in to the multi-pin DIN connector (if I remember right,
the 64 used an 8-pin connector that was similar to the VIC-20 and
Atari 800 5-pin connector, with extra signals [if memory serves, some
kind of pre-SVideo Y/C kind of thing that only Commodore's monitors
supported]).
Some of the early c64 boards also used a 5-pin DIN connectot. You could plug
a 5-pin plug into either the 5- or 8-pin sockets and it would still work,
though.
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RGB video, like the kind used on the Apple //gs and
the Commodore
128, is another issue entirely. You're not going to get it working
on any TV without some work (I know the C128's RGB port would be
particularly nasty). You're not going to get rid of the dedicated
monitors for these machines. I keep a CBM 1084S monitor around just
for this purpose.
At least on the 128 you could get monochrome video out of that connector.
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