Paul Blay wrote:

> If you pick up your headset you will (most likely) see something
> dangling off one side of it.  Do not be alarmed.  If long and wiggly
> it is the audio cable that is used to connect your headset to your
> computer. (On the other hand if short and stiff it is probably a
> microphone).
>
> On the other end of the wire will be one (or two if you had a mike)
> metal prongy things that you need to stick into holes in the back
> of your computer.
>
> HINT: Metal prongy things are called "jacks" and holes in the back
> of your computer are called "sockets".
>
> If having carried out the above operation you find that you need to be
> stooped worse than quasimodo when wearing the headset in order to
> not pull the cable out of your computer then you need an audio extension
> cable.  That is to say a cable that extends the audio cable between
> headset and computer.
>
>The quality of connection between jack and socket varies widely (it is the
>socket side that makes the big difference).  You can tell how good a
> connection is made by, amongst other ways, listening for the sharp
> double-click made when putting the two together.

That's marvellous, Paul! There should be someone like you in every
hi-tech company. Thank you so much.

John
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