For the cost of the HHB potable recorder, you could
buy a consumer
minidisc recorder *and* and a consumer home MD deck which does have
digital
outputs. This is what I do, and transfer the MD to the deck if I want
to
get the sound in to the PC.
Ditto.
Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer & multimedia sculptor
http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico