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a/v cable is the same as an 8bit Atari computer

 

Not quite. A/V cable for COMPOSITE video is the same as 8-bit Atari, VIC-20, and TI-99/4A. These are 5-pin DIN cables.

 

The difference is in wanting "split composite (chroma/luminance)" and/or "S-video."

 

There are differences, then. The Atari computer still has 5 pins, but uses different pins for "split composite/chroma-lumi/S-video." On the other hand, the C64 moves to 8-pins to do the spilt/S-video thing.

 

To confuse matters even more, the earliest C64 did not offer split-composite (chroma/lumi) at all, and only included a VIC-20 video output. So that is to say, the same cable as an Atari (or TI-99/4a) but for standard composite.

 

Much confusion with these monitor ports!

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