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ckealey
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USA
36 Posts		 Posted - 15 May 2003 :  07:07:43
amidst the boxes of trash at the back door of my building last night, I found:

2 - DOS Card cables (unused)
2 - pass-through SCSI terminators (C50)
2 - TurboNet ST transcievers (phone-net connectors, not sure what's "turbo" about them)
2 - Apple Mics (both appear to be PlainTalk, but also have what looks like an RCA jack to mic or headphone jack adapter - male 1/8" plug and red/white female RCA jacks)
1 - Graphite plaintalk mic (matches my PB145b...not that I really need a mic, mind you)

A handful of other bits, like a few floppy disk boxes, some PC & Mac CodeWarrior CDs, and some other misc. cables and such. If anyone knows what that extra adapter with the mics is for, please enlighten me...

-Chad
jruschme
Junior Member


USA
196 Posts		 Posted - 15 May 2003 :  10:03:23
quote:

amidst the boxes of trash at the back door of my building last night, I found:

2 - Apple Mics (both appear to be PlainTalk, but also have what looks like an RCA jack to mic or headphone jack adapter - male 1/8" plug and red/white female RCA jacks)
1 - Graphite plaintalk mic (matches my PB145b...not that I really need a mic, mind you)

A handful of other bits, like a few floppy disk boxes, some PC & Mac CodeWarrior CDs, and some other misc. cables and such. If anyone knows what that extra adapter with the mics is for, please enlighten me...

It sounds like the adapter to let you plug line-level sources (e.g., "tape out" from a stereo) into a PlainTalk-compatible Mac.

FYI, a PlainTalk mic will not work with a 145b, you need one of the old round ones (or any regular non-PlainTalk mic).

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ckealey
Starting Member


USA
36 Posts		 Posted - 15 May 2003 :  13:08:39
Actually, all 3 are the round ones...I though that was plaintalk...my bad. Anyway, I had the same thoughts on the adapter, esp. since the plug end has a mic icon on it. I guess that means I could use it to connect my stereo to my G3 to transfer some old LPs or tapes into iTunes. Not directly, I know, but in some way...

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G4from128k
Full Member


USA
873 Posts		 Posted - 15 May 2003 :  13:17:39
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amidst the boxes of trash at the back door of my building last night, I found:
Ahh yes, end-of-the-school-year dumpster diving can be very fun, especially around apartments around universities. I've picked up the odd minor goodie myself. As long as the item is not too dirty and has an explicable use, it has acceptable SAF.

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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts		 Posted - 18 May 2003 :  17:32:06
A GRAY Puck-Mic????

OMG OMG OMG!!!

not that I NEED one... but BOY would that be COOL!!!

No, the silly little non-plaintalk "thingy" wont' let you do with your newer macs I think I tried it with my Quadra 840av and it didn't work...

unless someone's about to correct me and I'm awfully wrong and I have missed out on SO much with me Quad... (because I had one of those puck-mic-lineadaptors.)

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ckealey
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USA
36 Posts		 Posted - 18 May 2003 :  20:26:48
Well, I was going to use it with my PB145b, but realistically, I'll never use it, esp. if it won't work with the tiBook that my employer just entrusted to me. They aren't all that rare, though. There's at least one on eBay right now from an Australian seller. If you want this one, e-mail me with a shipping address and it's yours for whatever the shipping costs. Shoot me a message at ckealey@voicenet.com.

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tachyon
Starting Member


Australia
29 Posts		 Posted - 28 May 2003 :  20:35:55
Hey has anyone else got a translucent PlainTalk adapter? Most of the ones I see are platinum, but I have a translucent one that is waaay cool.

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4679 Posts		 Posted - 30 May 2003 :  22:58:30
I have seen a few and have wanted one for my imac for awhile :-\

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Slomac636
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USA
103 Posts		 Posted - 09 Jun 2003 :  20:46:08
I have a transluscent plaintak mic, the only one I had ever seen, I guess I am not alone. I a few other the other tablet types as well.

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maclover5
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Australia
5830 Posts		 Posted - 09 Jun 2003 :  21:23:12
If my memory serves me right, a couple of years ago MacAddict ran a how-to where they made a translucent plaintalk mic into a mic preamp.

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Gothikon
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Australia
537 Posts		 Posted - 19 Jun 2003 :  20:33:33
Yeah they showed you how to convert a mic but it had nothing to do with transparent ones.

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foetoid
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USA
554 Posts		 Posted - 19 Jun 2003 :  21:40:50
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Actually, all 3 are the round ones...I though that was plaintalk...my bad. Anyway, I had the same thoughts on the adapter, esp. since the plug end has a mic icon on it. I guess that means I could use it to connect my stereo to my G3 to transfer some old LPs or tapes into iTunes. Not directly, I know, but in some way...

-Chad

The adapter is indeed for what everyone is saying they're for, i've got a handfull of them i use with band stuff... to do the transfers, open up simplesound and just play the stero while recording than import into itunes and it will change from aiff or whatever to mp3 and then delete the old simplesound file cuz it will be HUGE!!!

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maclover5
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Australia
5830 Posts		 Posted - 11 Jul 2003 :  08:42:49
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Yeah they showed you how to convert a mic but it had nothing to do with transparent ones.

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Yeah, I know that. I was jsut saying that they used a translucent one.

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