[Ham-Computers] Assistance With Music Downloads

Duane Fischer, W8DBF [email protected]
Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:39:46 -0500


	
Hi All, 	

	I do not download music from the Internet. I am a serious audio devotee for
forty years and simply have no need to do that. Hence I know very little about
doing so. But I have an elderly Ham friend who is very limited in his computer
skills who just loves to get on-line and download tunes to play.	
	
It is not going to be too much longer before he runs out of hard drive space at
the rate that he is going. i have explained this to him in as simple of terms as
I can, he gets the idea but keeps on happily downloading. I know that phone call
for assistance is pending! 	
	
So here is my question:   	
	
What can I do to enable him to download direct to a CD burner so that he can
download until said CD is full, finalize it and then pop in a new CD and happily
fill it up? Now remember, his skills are 'minimal'! The more simple, the better.

	
Maybe an external device for mass data storage, the MP3 or whatever?	
	
I would appreciate your learned suggestions as to the best way to go to permit
him his enjoyment, prevent him from running out of HD space and keeping it
simple. For both of us!  		
	
Thank you!	
	
Duane Fischer, W8DBF	
[email protected]