The last "Walkman" MD player that Sony made (Model MZ-M200) could rip the audio way faster than real-time playback. I've found it enormously helpful, though I think it recently went out of production/manufacture. If no retailer has one, there's always eBay. Related, a quick thank you to Richard Hess for previously mentioning that machine on the ARSC list. Jim On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Brian Carpenter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My institution just accessioned a collection of oral history recordings > that includes 133 Minidiscs. So, now need to purchase a Minidisc player. > However, all we'll do with it is migrate the data off the discs once and > probably never use the machine again. Are there any particular specs I > should look out for in shopping for a player, or will a simple one suffice > for this purpose? > > Any tips much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Brian Carpenter > Mellon Digital Audio Archivist > > American Philosophical Society > 105 South Fifth Street > Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386 > (215) 440-3418