Re: Echo II Soundcard

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Romeo wrote:

> Hi. I recently bought a IIgs that has an Echo II card in it. It seems to be
> some sort of mono soundcard. Is this thing worth having in a IIgs? I thought
> the IIgs had awesome sound without need of an external soundcard? I plugged
> headphones into the "Echo speaker out", and got a lot of "hum". Are these
> things supposed be that noisy?
>
> Anyway, I don't have any documentation or software for it. Can someone tell me
> some more about this card; and does anyone have the software/manual they wanna
> sell?
>
> Thanks,
> Romeo
> romeo@anet-dfw.com

Usually the card came with a small speaker that had a built-in
volume knob.  Some people like using it with that speaker velcroed
to the side of the monitor for instant volumne adjustment. If you
want to listen to music or stereo sound there are much better cards.
The onely usefull purpose of the card is to have a handy volumne
knob, if you just have the card by itself I'd take it out and maybe
give it to a IIe or II+ user.

      Wayne