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 m ----- Original Message ----- From: "drlegendre ." <drlegen...@gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@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 <oltma...@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 . <drlegen...@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.rito...@gmail.com >> > >> > wrote: >> > >> > > On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:10 PM, tony duell <a...@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 >> > > >> > >>