OK,  can someone bring me into century 2000 when it comes to music players
suitable for various enviornments?  I have a CD changer, a Mini-disc player,
a good sound reproducing amplifier in both house and van but I know nothing
of digital players like everyone seems to be using now.  Do I just go get an
MP3 player from Best Buy or Wal Mart and plug that into my current stuff? Do
I have to buy an I-pod (whatever that is) and then re-purchase every song I
like? How do I get music I have on other mediums to go into a computer file
so I can send it around to all my various mechanical reproducers in Van and
home?
   Can you buy software to convert recorded music to MP 3 playable format?
Is there a good site anyone can suggest that would be worthwhile for me to
learn this stuff from?  Should I just go to Fry's electronics or Car toys
and listen to a salesman's rap?  Help, lost in the world of CDs and records
and tapes...
  Don Hanson