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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:11:04 +0000 (GMT) Gordon Henderson wrote: > > I know nothing about Minidisc technology, however I've a feeling it's > going out of fashion... > > ... and I had a friend who has hours and hours of > recordings/interviews, etc. all stored on miniDisc technology. > > So short of connecting the headphone out to line in on a PC and > running audacity, I presume/hope there is a way to get the digital > data directly off the discs - but having never even touched one, I'm > in the dark regarding their capabilities. I think MD -> Audio Cable -> PC would be the easiest way to get the recordings. > Do they come with USB interfaces, or some other digital connection? I think you can get USB MD drives, certainly I've seen a number of older 'top end' Sony laptops with MD drives built-in. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html