Re: Mystery little IIGS board

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
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> william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:
>
> > "Galen Tatsuo Komatsu" <gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu> wrote in message
> > news:9p938f$c15$1@news.hawaii.edu...
> > > There's a little board maybe 2 square inches in size mounted
> > > to the first slot (the openings in back, not the card slots)  Out the
> > > back there's a 1/8" minijack.  Internally, there's a ribbon cable
> > > that runs to the other corner of the motherboard, and plugged into
> > > J25, and another wire, not plugged in as I found it, but judging from
> > > the length, probably plugs into the Fan connector right under it.
> > > Back side indicates it's from Roger Wagner Publishing and has an
> > > "FCC ID: HYORWIIGS"
> > >
> > > Educated guess has me thinking this is a microphone input
> > > for Hyperstudio?  Quick google search notes J25 being used for sound
> > > input.  I just answer my own question? if so, then tell me more about
> > > it instead, like can I read it like the old cassette input?
> >
> > Yup. I have one of those too. Not very useful unless you have
> > Hyperstudio.
>
> I agree with the identification of the board, but don't recall anything
> about it which specifically required HyperStudio in order to use it.
>
> It is a simple audio amplifier, and has no configuration, so any IIgs
> program which supports sound input via the Ensoniq chip should work fine
> with it.

Really. What kind of software would I need to play with it? I haven't
even tried it out since I thought you needed Hyperstudio.
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