I sought out the least offensive-to-Amiga-owners forum I could post this in. Hope I'm not breaking any rules. I know I could have hunted down a C64 forum elsewhere, but I wanted to get this out quickly.
I just picked up an original Commodore 64 in near-pristine condition via eBay. It looks virtually unused. It came with a surprise, though...
...when I tried to plug in my A/V out cable, I noticed the pins weren't compatible. It confused me for a good 10 minutes while I scrambled to find an old cable with the correct number of pins. I finally did, but its not in the best of condition. Ahh, it works! I was relieved and somewhat disappointed to discover that the C64 I found does not support S-Video out! It has a 5 pin a/v port instead of the expected 8-pin kind. Bummer! I have like 5 or 6 8-pin cables for some reason but only one ratty 5 pin kind. The relief came when I discovered the machine is actully operational (the seller says he could not confirm if it worked or not). So, composite out is working.
I did some research and come to find out that some of the earlier C64's *did* only come with composite out (never knew that). The serial number on this unit is in the low 100,000's and the PCB has 1982 stamped on it. Yup, looks like one of the earlier ones off the assembly line and in near excellent condition!. Neat-o from a collector's standpoint, but oh how I would like to see the s-video out on my 32" CRT.
So as to avoid finding "too old" a machine in the future, does anyone know what serial number range is associated with the 8-pin a/v out? I bought my very first C64 in 1985 and that one did have the 8pin. Kinda wished I didn't let it go years ago. I needed to clean house at the time...but I live somwhere else now with a little more breathing room. :-D
