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   Anders Carlsson to Martigan   
   Re: Question of C64 video cable.   
   17 Aug 06 01:26:41   
   
   From: anders.carlsson@sfks.se   
      
   Martigan  writes:   
      
   > But I noticed the cable with the yellow/red/white RCA connections   
   > doesn't fit on my older C64.   
      
   Oh, so your breadbox C64 is one of the first revisions with only   
   composite video output (5-pin DIN). My breadbox has a 8-pin DIN,   
   but it must be a bit newer in production.   
      
   > So is there a schematic somewhere I can use to build one myself?   
      
   Not sure, but the pinout on your old C64 is:   
      
     __ __   1 = Monochrome/Luminance   
    /  v  \  2 = GND   
   |3     1| 3 = Audio out   
   | 5   4 | 4 = Composite Video out   
    \__2__/  5 = Audio in   
      
   It means you should use pins 3,4 and ground (2) in a cable with   
   only two RCA connectors. This cable will also work with your C64C,   
   but not give quite as sharp picture as the other cable. On the   
   other hand, this kind of cable should also work with your VIC-20,   
   most Atari 8-bit computers, Spectravideo SVI-318 and perhaps a few   
   more systems following the "American standard" as I think it is   
   called. I haven't tried it myself on non-Commodore computers, but   
   based it on pinouts found on the Internet.   
      
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   Anders Carlsson   
      
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