Re: Mystery little IIGS board

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:

> "Galen Tatsuo Komatsu" <gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu> wrote in message
> news:9p938f$c15$1@news.hawaii.edu...
> > There's a little board maybe 2 square inches in size mounted
> > to the first slot (the openings in back, not the card slots)  Out the
> > back there's a 1/8" minijack.  Internally, there's a ribbon cable
> > that runs to the other corner of the motherboard, and plugged into
> > J25, and another wire, not plugged in as I found it, but judging from
> > the length, probably plugs into the Fan connector right under it.
> > Back side indicates it's from Roger Wagner Publishing and has an
> > "FCC ID: HYORWIIGS"
> >
> > Educated guess has me thinking this is a microphone input
> > for Hyperstudio?  Quick google search notes J25 being used for sound
> > input.  I just answer my own question? if so, then tell me more about
> > it instead, like can I read it like the old cassette input?
> 
> Yup. I have one of those too. Not very useful unless you have
> Hyperstudio.

I agree with the identification of the board, but don't recall anything
about it which specifically required HyperStudio in order to use it.

It is a simple audio amplifier, and has no configuration, so any IIgs
program which supports sound input via the Ensoniq chip should work fine
with it.