The Vic-20 Modulator gets its power from the VIC where the Radio Shack
models may require a battery or AC adapter....
I see them at thrift stores & yard sales now and again. If you need a
description, it is a brownish or silverish box with a 5 pin monitor lead
on one side, and off the box there is a channel switch and an RCA female
connector to connect to a switch box.
Older models seem to be silverish with cream/brown/black labels (ala
game cartridge) later ones are brownish enamel coated metal.
"Dave R." wrote:
>
> At 04:48 AM 3/9/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Is there a substitute for the VIC TV connector (modulator)?
> >
> >Can I use one from the C64?
>
> Nope. The boxes serve two different purposes. The box that came with the
> VIC-20 is an actual RF modulator that converts the composite video coming
> from the VIC-20 into an RF signal for the TV. The box that came with the
> 64 is just a switchbox. The RF modulator in the 64 is actually on the
> motherboard.
>
> You can, however, get RF modulators at stores like Radio Shack. Just plug
> a standard monitor cable into the VIC and the cable into the modulator and
> the modulator into the TV. Be sure they don't sell you one with a
> Playstation connector or something of the sort on it though. :)
>
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