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Shadow
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 355 |
Video output quality differences (C64 vs. C64C)
I just purchased a second C64, just as a backup in case something should happen to my trusty old C64C (407566 :D).
The one I just got is of the old brown breadbox models. I hooked it up to my 1084, but the video output quality seems far worse compared to my C64C.
The image seems fuzzier, and on the standard light-blue-on-blue colorscheme there are faint pink discoloring at the edges of some characters.
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1641 |
About pink specifically, I don't know. ...but, yes, there are quite big differences between c64 models when it comes to video output signal quality. Some prefer this, and some prefer that. The palette looks a bit different too, so... |
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Impetigo
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 30 |
http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm/pinouts.txt
About A/V connector it says:
"Note that early versions of the C64 have a 5 pin DIN connector while later versions have an 8 pin. The two are wired exactly the same, except that the 8 pin connector has a separated chroma (color) output on pin 6. Earlier C64's didn't have separated chroma." |
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Graham
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Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 990 |
C64C and C128DCR have a heavy composite filter which avoids chroma-luma interferences. If you don't want that filter, use s-video connection and not composite.
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