Re: Stereo board - can you guys do a test for me?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> Al Crout <acrout@vcn.bc.ca> wrote:
> 
> >My experience with the headphone jack of the IIGS is they require a bit
> >of fiddling to have sound produced in both ear pieces. The headphone
> >jack output is monophonic, but the jack itself seems to be an odd size
> >and doesn't seem to exactly mate with the plug of the headphones.
> 
> Your IIGS jack may be damaged.  Mine works fine with walkman
> type headphones and with my amplified speakers.
 ....

     Some plugs are a smidgen too small and will exhibit problems making a
good connection. 


> Apple really goofed when they did this.  The chip supports eight
> channel sound!

     What makes the screwup worse is that, just by committing to two output
channels, Apple could have used a smaller J-25 connector (enough pins to
handle input) and placed the sound demultiplexing circuitry in a low-noise
area of the motherboard.

     We would have begun with good two-channel sound plus getting 'old Apple
II' sound through the same outputs.



Rubywand