Re: New IIgs owner.

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:01:25 +0000 (UTC), Stephen Shaw
><xstephenx@apple2.org.za> wrote:
>
>>On 01 Jan 2002 19:38:47 GMT, Supertimer wrote:
>>
>>> Huh?  Are you sure you are talking about the IIGS?  I have had no
>>> problems with any of the PC speakers 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!
>
>Okay, maybe the difference here is in what model of the Apple II being
>discussed.  It may be that the original Apple II and maybe even all
>the way up to the IIe or IIc use a 3.6mm jack.  However, I'm pretty
>sure the IIgs uses a 3.5mm jack as I, like Supertimer, have never had
>any problems using headphones, amplified speakers or patch cords to
>connect to a stereo.
>
>I just took a quick look through the Apple IIgs Hardware Reference but
>couldn't find the headphone jack size listed anywhere.

And, in any case, most phone jacks have a springy-enough set of
contacts to make a 0.1mm diameter difference irrelevant, unless the
connector(s) are dirty or being wiggled while in use.

-michael

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