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Re: Can you silent 'mute' sound?

Payton Byrd wrote:


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On Feb 17, 4:56 pm, MarkW <mark...@RemoveNoSpamcomcast.net> wrote:


I am looking for a Apple IIe and probably will look on ebay but one
question I have, Is it possible to mute the internal speaker?  I
didn't know if there's a command from the keyboard or if this is even
possible?  I haven't used one of these since the early 80's.


No, it is not possible through a keyboard command (unless the
application
you are using supports it)...

If you want to kill the sound, unplug the speaker from the
motherboard..
or put a toggle switch inline.

Rich
Or better yet, make a small op-amp circuit with a potentiometer to give a proper volume control. 

Or just use a 50-100 Ohm pot like this:

                              ____
         >----+--------------|    |  /|
              \              |    | / |
              /              |    |/  |
 Speaker      \              |    |\  |
Connector     /<-------------|    | \ |
              \              |____|  \|
              /
              \
         >----+

Keep in mind that one side of the speaker connector is +5v.

-michael

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