Re: New IIgs owner.

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On 11 Jan 2002 20:36:23 GMT, Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> Jeff Blakeney wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:01:25 +0000 (UTC), Stephen Shaw
>><xstephenx@apple2.org.za> wrote:
>>
>>>On 01 Jan 2002 19:38:47 GMT, Supertimer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Huh?  Are you sure you are talking about the IIGS?  I have had no
>>>> problems with any of the PC speakers I've plugged into the IIGS.
>>>> The fit seems just as tight on the IIGS as on the PC.
>>>
>>>I am serious. If you get hold of an Apple II Technical Reference the jack is
>>>a 3.6mm!
>>
>>Okay, maybe the difference here is in what model of the Apple II being
>>discussed.  It may be that the original Apple II and maybe even all
>>the way up to the IIe or IIc use a 3.6mm jack.  However, I'm pretty
>>sure the IIgs uses a 3.5mm jack as I, like Supertimer, have never had
>>any problems using headphones, amplified speakers or patch cords to
>>connect to a stereo.
>>
>>I just took a quick look through the Apple IIgs Hardware Reference but
>>couldn't find the headphone jack size listed anywhere.
>
> And, in any case, most phone jacks have a springy-enough set of
> contacts to make a 0.1mm diameter difference irrelevant, unless the
> connector(s) are dirty or being wiggled while in use.

We (the South African Apple II Users Group) have had intermittent sound 
problems on at least 2 IIGS's using "standard" amplified PC speakers.

>
> -michael
>
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