Re: the IIGS and speakers

[dmz@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel M. Zimmerman)]

In article <42kcmd$lpt@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, ronlouie@u.washington.edu
(Ron Louie) wrote:

>         I've always had a bit of trouble with my external speaker 
> hookup...is there an explanation?  I bought a pair of cheap computer 
> speakers that connect in a single stereo mini-plug, which fits in the 
> headphone port....but they hardly play....unless I use a mono adapter.  
> Then...they hardly play...until I jiggle the plug and pull it half out 
> (this is the mono adapter, now)...and voila, great volume!  The set up is 
> umamplified, and I'm guessing they're 4 ohm speakers.  Should I just get 
> in there and replace the jack, or am I missing something?

Well, first of all, the IIGS does not output in stereo unless you have a 
stereo card installed - so it's not surprising that you don't get good sound
without a mono->stereo adapter (you should, actually, be getting sound out of
one speaker, I think). As for the other problem, it's very likely that the 
jack (or the adapter) is bad, but if you get the sound working just by leaving
it half-plugged-in, that should be OK. I wouldn't expect much from unamplified
speakers in any event, since the IIGS doesn't output very powerful sound on
its own... :)

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