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Connecting Classic Computers

If you want to live the real life of 8-bit madness you need to track down an old tube TV. Connecting them to the Atari or C64 is amazingly easy.

• RCA2RF
  • basically you only need a phono cable with a RCA (female) to RF (male) adapter, then screw that into the back of the TV
  • a phono cable can be one of those red+white cables, you'll only use one side, red or white it does not matter
  • that little box that that used to go between the computer and the TV is no longer necessary, new signals are digital> so the old TV can't pick up the signal> so there is no need for the computer vs antenna mode> it's all computer all of the time
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  • harder to find is the RCA (male) to RF (female) adapter, if you do have one of these then any coax cable can be used from the computer>adapter>coax wire>TV