Re: NTSC Apple //e mainboard: Connectors?

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

Linards Ticmanis schrieb:
>
> now that just I got my NTSC pre-Platinum Apple //e mainboard from Bill
> Garber, maybe somebody around here could answer a few question about the
> connectors?

Michael pretty much answered your questions already. Here are some
additions that may help you a bit.

> 1.) Where do you connect the internal speaker? J18 in the front right
> corner or J19 in the middle of the right edge? Or somewhere else
> entirely? And what's the other one for?

J18 is the correct one but you may need a longer speaker cable.

> 2.) The keyboard socket wiring for this thing is the same as for the
> U.S. layout of the PAL model I hope?

Same wiring but you'll probably need a longer cable, too.
You can build one from an old PC floppy or ATAPI cable for example.

> 4.) Slightly unrelated: what does the marking 5XB on an electrolytic
> capacitor mean? I assume it stands for some specific voltage and
> capacitance, but which? Just in case any of them are dead.

Usually the caps have a voltage marking with a capital V behind the
voltage value.

bye
Marcus