Re: New IIgs owner.

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On 01 Jan 2002 19:38:47 GMT, Supertimer wrote:

> Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za> wrote:
>
>>On 16 Dec 2001 08:16:22 GMT, Supertimer wrote:
>>
>>> Lastly, plug a good set of amplified speakers into the headphone
>>> port on the back of the IIGS.  The IIGS has an Ensoniq sound
>>> chip.  A later version of this chip is used in the Creative AudioPCI
>>> card for PCs (Creative bought Ensoniq).
>>
>>Only one problem with this the Apple socket is 3.6mm stereo jack whereas
>>most PC amplified speakers are 3.5mm (Japanese standard) plugs. Consequently,
>>you get weird problems like sound only from one speaker or no sound at all,
>>yes that 0.1mm makes a difference. The only solution I've found has been to
>>take a pair of needle nose pliers and, very gently, tweak the bulb at the end
>>of the plug so that it enters the socket at a bit of an angle thereby making
>>the connection.
>
> Huh?  Are you sure you are talking about the IIGS?  I have had no
> problems with any of the PC spearkers I've plugged into the IIGS.
> The fit seems just as tight on the IIGS as on the PC.

I am serious. If you get hold of an Apple II Technical Reference the jack is
a 3.6mm!

>
> Every single instance on the IIGS, sound came out both speakers
> crystal clear.
>
> The symptoms you describe sound more like what happens to my
> walkmans.  I gone through several of them because over time, the
> stereo jack becomes worn and the connection becomes loose.  If
> you bought your IIGS used (say from a school) you may have got
> one with a worn jack.  My IIGS was new from Apple so I never had
> the problem.
>
> Original IIGS owner (a dying breed).  ;-)

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