"Michael J. Mahon" (mjmahon@aol.com) writes:
Linards Ticmanis wrote:
Michael Black wrote:
I was wondering what use an Apple II would be in connection with MP3s,
You can use mp3s to store "tape" software for the Apple. Works well enough.
However, an MP3 file is practically useless *on an Apple II*. The size
is completely out of proportion to Apple II addressing, and the amount
of computing to decompress it to something WAV-like is so much slower
than real time that it is an academic exercise.
I thought he was suggesting connecting the headphone jack of the MP3 player
to the cassette input of the Apple II, and then pressing play. The MP3
player does the decoding, and the Apple just sees the audio output.
To record, you'd feed the cassette output into the MP3 player. That
would be difficult for me, since mine only has a built in microphone
rather than a line input, but I gather some MP3 players have an
external input jack.
It would be pretty identical to the old cassette decks, though it's
easier to select an audio file on an MP3 player than try to find
the beginning of that third file on the cassette (or, as I sometimes
did, put only one file on each cassette and then have to sort
through a box to find the right one). Note that we are now seeing
electronic versions of the old microcassette recorders for recording
talks and speeches, but MP3 players have the advantage that they
are now far more common than something specific for recording.