Trivial to adapt C64 1902 monitor output to s-video?

[Mike Stein]

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, e.g.:

https://www.commodoreserver.com/BlogEntryView.asp?EID=F4B967500A894E10BE4A104C65DB541E

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drlegendre ." <drlegendre at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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
>> > >
>> >
>>