[Coco] Obvious newbie question?

[Barry Nelson]

Here is something else you can do. You can record and play back audio files on your smart phone or mp3 player and use that as a cassette recorder. That is what I do with my MC10. To use your typical smart phone to record audio from your CoCo 1,2, or 3 or MC10 you need an adapter that you plug in that gives you separate audio in and out jacks.

They look like this: http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mYDexBf5kI93hASj3Ce-gCg.jpg

This also needed for some modern laptops which only have 1 audio plug like a phone.

> Robert Hermanek rhermanek at centurytel.net 
> Sat Jun 25 17:06:11 EDT 2016
> The standard cassette cable that came with a coco will work:  5 pin din 
> on one end, then three phono plugs on the other.  One plug, smaller than 
> the rest, used for motor on/off, ignore that one.  The other two, one is 
> audio out, one is audio in (mic).  Plugging those into the proper audio 
> in/outs on your PC, then play your wav. Generally a bit of trial and 
> error to get it going.  Considerations:
> 
> 1)  Figure out which plugs go in which ports on your PC
> 2)  Find a way to play (and you can record also) WAV files
> 3)  Get the volume right
> 4)  If necessary, disable all "sound effects" that are generally active 
> by default on your sound card.
> 
> -RobertH
>> John Lochey jlochey at yahoo.com 
>> Sat Jun 25 16:06:18 EDT 2016
>> Hi all,
>> Is it actually possible with the right cable to transfer files from a computer to the CoCo2 / MC-10 via a Windows WAV file?
>> That is just plain kookie to me!  It's hard to even get my mind around that.
>> Certainly I'd love to be able to do such a thing.
>> If it is possible, what kind of cable is needed?
>> 
>> Thanks and super sorry if this question has been asked before a zillion times.
>> 
>> 
>> John