Re: New IIgs owner.

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

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.

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).  ;-)