Re: volume control adapter?

["Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>]

It would still be ok to put my circuit between the two lines to the speaker,
forgetting about what I said with ground.

You may be right about the size of pot to use, but the site I referenced
used 470 ohms (on a pc speaker which I'd say is similar).

Simon.

>      The circuit would be okay on a IIgs where one of the Speaker leads
does go
> to a ground. 1000 Ohms is kind of high, though. With such a small load R
(8
> Ohms for the Speaker) you are not getting much 'divider' action. Mainly,
you
> have a series R and a fairly small range over which turning the knob will
make
> any noticeble difference. A max control R of around 25 Ohms would be
better.
>
>      The circuit would not work on many Apple II's-- like the II+ and IIe.
> These place the Speaker between +5V and an output transistor. Swapping in
a
> connection to GND would eliminate the power source to the output
transistor and
> you would not get any sound at all.