TheWriter

I'm new to this site, and just getting reacquainted with the TI-994a. Back when they were new, I wrote a program and saved it to an audio tape. It was a pretty cool Craps game from what I remember and it worked great a few decades ago. I recently plugged back in the old TI - and found the old tape, but I've run into a few problems. I've been looking through some posts here that suggest various things to try, but I'm hoping for some easy step-by-step directions because I'm not as technical as I was back in the day. I can't figure out MESS, and while I think I've made a WAV file - no idea what to do with it next to convert it or do anything with it. 1) I try playing the tape on my TI-994a with a walkman I found in a drawer. That's not working... and it seems from this site that it's because the player is "too new." Is that right - and what do I need to look for in a proper tape player that will be compatible with this tape, and my TI-994a? 2) I'd love to be able to convert the program from the TI to something that can work on a "modern" PC. Is there a way to convert the program? What programs and processes do I need to do? Help! Thanks in advance!