[Mike Rivers]

On Jul 10, 1:34 pm, Tom Sullivan wrote:

At any rate, yes Mike, I agree. I'm not likely to use the machine much more
except for perhaps setting it up for a more lengthy live two-track recording
at some point (I still don't trust laptops and the like not to "burp" on me).

If you're only going to be using it for 2-track recording (which is
all you can do with a DAT anyway) there's nothing to fear from a
laptop. I still don't trust mine for multitrack work and don't use it
for mixing, but when all you're doing is streaming a stereo track to
disk, not recording 40 tracks, not moving faders, and not loading down
the CPU with plug-ins, even a modest computer works fine. And just
about any inexpensive USB or Firewire audio interface has better A/D
converters than any DAT.

I did pick one up on ebay yesterday for the purposes of just getting these
transfers done. I'll still look into getting this machine on its feet though,

That's a smart approach. The one you just bought is probably
depreciated all it's going to, so when you get the DA-30 going again,
you can get your money back, and maybe a little more.