(Old) Commodore 64 monitor to Amiga 600HD?

[Holley]

If it's an early C64 monitor you may be able to use a composite input on the front (not ideal), if it's a late one it'll just be a 1084s or similar (ideal).

Early ones were grey, and very ...erm... square.

Price? it depends on how much you want the C64, but a normal 14" monitor is not worth lots of money ;-)

[Holley]

Definately more of a grey - the one I had was a slightly different shade from the early C64s themselves (the 'Commodore Tan'), and a shiny finish.  Apparently those early ones are a pain to fix, and not so reliable - mine made it to about 1993.

[Holley]

I was thinking of the 1701.

Composite video on a 1701 would be /better/ than a TV (especially through the antenna connector), but a 1084 (or similar) will be /much better/ for reading text.  

The monitor output uses 3 seperate signals for the video, direct from the graphics system - composite has just the one, and the signal for that has to pass through a modulator (which in itself degrades the quality a bit).

Also the screen part of monitors has got gradually better over time - referred to as the 'dot pitch' - which is basically how crisp the screen can be, given an ideal input.

$40 for a complete working C64 setup is a reasonable price, and a very good price if it includes a disk drive ;-)