[ltp] Thinkpad X40 --- no line in jack?!

[wes schreiner]

Norman Ramsey wrote:

>I've just discovered that my newly purchased X40 has no line-in jack
>for audio input from my stereo.  (The salesman who told me that a single
>jack doubles as microphone and line in must have been crazy.)
>  
>

Maybe, but I have seen laptops where the single input jack was 
switchable between mic and line in via the audio device's mixer.  I 
don't know if that is what the X40 does.  Did you look through IBM's docs?

>Does anybody out there have any recommendations for recording sound
>using the X40?  Any experiences trying to use a Griffin iMic with Linux?
>
I've used a Griffin iMic with an older ThinkPad.  For output it works 
well.  For input it works OK, but it is microphonic.  That is, if you 
tap the iMic's case during recording it will inject a thump sound into 
the recording.  It you don't bump it the iMic works OK.  The mic/line 
switch is counter-intuitive, and the analog input amps are not 
audiophile quality, but it does a fair job for the price.

wes