Re: Spare cables? First grade cass needs IIe monitor cables

[Christopher W. Knox <cknox@crl9.crl.com>]

Edhel Iaur, Esq. <LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com> wrote:

: On 15 Sep 1997 15:43:05 GMT, Christopher W. Knox <cknox@crl.crl.com>
: wrote:

: >My son's first grade class received several Apple IIe's in the
: >aftermath of a hardware upgrade.  Everything works, but they need
: >monitor cables.  The cables in question look remarkably like RCA jacks
: >on your stereo -- like the patch cords that connect a tape player to
: >the amp.  Does anyone here know a suitable source for a reasonable
: >price -- or perhaps even free?

: I've used audio, video, and //e, //c, ][+ monitor cables
: interchangably.  They all work fine--you can go to Radioshack, etc.
: and get short cables (all ya need is about 3/4ths of a foot, right?),
: and split the pair down the middle (usually you end up with cables for
: left & right speakers), and voila, two monitor cables.  If you want to
: get REALLY cheap, get some tape and some scrap wire, and strip the
: wire ends, and tape the end of one wire (so there's metal touching
: metal) to the outside part of the //e'c RCA-type jack, and so another
: wire's end (so there's metal touching metal) to the little hole inside
: the jack.  Make sure the 2 wires don't touch each other, or the wrong
: part of the jack (where they're stripped, that is).  Do the same to
: the other ends of the wires, connecting "hole" to "hole" and "outer
: part" to "outer part".  If you've got blenders, dishwashers,
: cyclotrons, TV stations, etc, nearby, you may get interference, or so
: I guess.  I lived in a rural area where I didn't get any.  YMMV.

Now THAT's cheap!  Thanks to all for the information.  

(off the shelf components!  Remarkable...)

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