Re: IIgs speaker plug problem

["Roger Johnstone" <rpj@thinkapple.com>]

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In article <19990606195632.09345.00001408@ng-ba1.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:


>"Roger Johnstone" <rpj@thinkapple.com> wrote:
>
>>tim@buffnet.net (Tim) wrote:
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>>>I'm putting my IIgs back together and I need to find a part.  Years ago I
>>>took out my IIgs speaker and hooked up an external one.  Now, I no longer
>>>have the plug the connects the speaker wire to the motherboard (a little
>>>tiny one that plugs in the front of the inside of the computer).  Does
>>>anyone know where I can get one cheaply?
>>
>>I have done the same thing on my GS. I ran a lead from the internal speaker
>>connection out the back of the case to a reasonable size speaker from my old
>>stereo system. This is the cheapest upgrade you can do for your GS sound. If
>>you haven't tried it you will be surprised just how much better it sounds
>>than the pathetic speaker inside the GS. The amplifier on the motherboard is
>>capable of driving a good size speaker at a very good volume.
>
>You do not need to hack the speaker leads to get at the sound output.
>The exact same output is available at the headphone port at the back
>of the IIGS.  Plugging a set of amplified speakers into that port will
>automatically turn off the internal speaker.
>
>The headphone port's levels are the same as those of PC sound cards,
>so PC amplified speakers work on this port perfectly.
>
>Long before PCs had decent sound cards, Apple dealers were selling
>Bose speakers for the IIGS that plugged into the headphone port.

You are right of course. The reason I did it this way was because I had a
spare speaker, no spare amplifier, and a decent amplified speaker costs a
lot. The cheap speakers are no better than the one in the GS. The speaker I
use is a 120mm cone in a speaker box sitting on the floor under the computer
desk.

I unplugged the speaker lead from the motherboard and made up a new lead to
run from the motherboard to an RCA socket out the back of the computer. If I
need to shift the computer I can unplug the  external speaker, open the case
and swap the lead back to the internal speaker. If I had been enthusiastic
enough I could have put in a switched socket to switch the internal speaker
in automatically when the external one is unplugged, but I haven't had to
move the GS in over a year anyway.