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   TOM WALKER to BOB KLAHN   
   XP Backup   
   22 Jul 14 08:02:00   
   
   BK> EV>>Somewhere around here I have a 4 Ohm to 500 Ohm Transformer I got at   
   BK> EV>>Radio Shack.   
      
   BK> EV>>I probably could use it between a Cassette Recorder Speaker Output and   
   BK> EV>>the Line Input Jack on this XP machine, and use the Sound Recorder   
   BK> EV>>program, or Audacity or VLC, to be able to make .WAV files that I   
   BK> EV>>could burn on a CD-R Disk.   
      
   BK> TW>> That would work fine as long as you watched that you did not   
   BK> TW>> overdrive the input to the computer sound device. Audacity has   
   BK> TW>> a nice input level meter for seting the imput level.   
   BK> TW>> I have used a program called "Scanner Recorder" also for   
   BK> TW>> recording the computer sound.   
      
   BK> EV> Thanks for the Tip, Tom!   
      
   BK> I have a cassette player from ION that has a USB output to feed   
   BK> into a computer, and software to convert to MP3. The software   
   BK> also has the level meter to set it. Takes some practice, but it   
   BK> works.   
      
   I have one of those from a different manfacturer. Mine came with   
   AudiCity software. Which also take some practice but works as you say.   
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