Trying to record from a cassette player or turntable into GarageBand

Hi,
I have cassettes and LPs that are out of print that I would like to put into digital format so I have them in a form I can use more often. I have a cord with a plug in jack on both ends that I used to record straight from turntables & players with a PC (running from the headphone jack into the microphone jack) but my Mac G5 (power pc) isn't recognizing it when I plug it into the microphone jack on the back.
Any suggestions? Does anyone know what I need to use and where to get it?

There was no choice there for "Line-in" in my Sound Preferences. I did some nosing around and found the Audio MIDI Setup.app in my Utilities and there was a way to switch to "Line-in" there. I did that and it works just fine now.
Thank you for your help - it got me thinking, otherwise I most likely wouldn't have found the answer.

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