Alright, I'm looking into buying a Commodore 64, I'll probably buy the system with the box and all on ebay, then stop at my local game store and but the monitor. Are their any concerns I should take? What would be a complete collection [besides all the games]? Box, Manual, Monitor, Disk Drive, Keypad? Thanks.
Curious that modern monitors will work with the C64? As a completist you may want to get a commodore monitor off ebay as well.
The user that started this thread has been banned for misuse of marketplace resources. But if there's interest in the topic, I just wanted to mention that the Commodore 64 puts out RF, composite video and chroma/luma natively. Any compliant tube that accepts any of those signals can display the output of a C64 just fine, with the appropriate regional PAL/NTSC consideration.
For those who don't know, chroma/luma (or "Separated video", as Commodore usually called it). Is essentially the same thing as S-Video... except it uses two RCA jacks rather than the standard 4-pin S-Video connector. It's very easy to make an adapter. Pretty much all Commodore branded monitors will have separated chroma/luma jacks on them for those of you who don't want to screw around with adapters. That being said, the Commodore 1702 monitor was made for the C64, with chroma/luma jacks, and a matching colour scheme, so I'd recommend using that if you can get one (they're actually pretty common), and if you have the space for it. While the topic was the C64, I should point out that anyone planning on buying a Commodore 128 should look for a Commodore 1902, as it has the digital RGB port that the C128 uses for 80-column mode, as well as the chroma/luma jacks that it uses for 40-column mode (including C64 mode). The digital RGB port is the same as EGA I believe, but I don't think you'll find any non-commodore monitors with that combination of inputs. The 1084S also has these jacks, though if you have a 1084S, you're better off using it's analog RGB port for better uses, as they would be wasted on a 64/128. --Zero
