Look at

http://www.btinternet.com/~diyha/electronics/stojack.html

http://www.epanorama.net/links/pc_sound.html   nice tutorial on sound cards

Bottom line,
Tip = Audio
Ring = +5v
Sleeve = Ground


BTW, those pages were found using "PC microphone" pinout  from google

Scott




At 08:52 AM 7/2/04, you wrote:
>I have a random mic that came with some piece of equipment
>(probably a SoundBlaster Live! card) and I'd like to figure out
>how to use it.
>
>Problem is, I don't have ANY idea what kind of technology it
>is, or where to start.  Google is less than helpful, since I don't
>know what to search for and the few methods I've tried to
>interface it seem to be ineffective.
>
>The thing that's throwing me off is that it has 3 contacts
>instead of 2, which leads me to believe that it is active.  Has
>anyone any advice about what kind of mic this is and what I
>should search for to start figuring out how to interface it?
>
>Mike H.
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Check out the latest news, polls and tools in the MSN 2004 Election Guide!
>http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx
>
>--
>http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
>ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.