Alright, another update on the working status of the computer.
I just finished building a RGB cable for my 1084D, and.... nothing. Checked the switches and still not much except for a quick flash of color screen then black.
Not to worry, try the 1080 monitor I have, and... same status just a quick fraction of a second view of a color screen before blackness.
Well what to expect for 20 year old monitors. Okay, one more way to test... the 1084SD monitor, but it's RGB input is female and not male like the other two. Back to Radio Shack for another male DB9 connector, rebuild the cable with 2 male ends.
This time hooking up to the 1084SD.... A pretty color screen. See the photos. I was able to download on my PC the 1st demo disk for the C65 (which is bootable,) transfer it to SD card, put the SD card into my Commodore 128D with built-in SD2IEC, use this to copy the disk files over to a 3.5" floppy with my 1581 drive. Then put the 3.5" floppy into the C65, start up and a nice demo. See photos in this and next postings. I did not include one of the photos because it would probably be against rules as it is a nice 256 color photo of a girl sans top. Sorry guys.