Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hoser.berkeley.edu!bryce From: bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Amiga and MIDI Message-ID: <22007@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 04:28:51 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.22007 Posted: Tue Dec 1 04:28:51 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 06:24:18 EST References: <447@nuchat.UUCP> <32160@auc.UUCP> <528@otto.COM> <4567@pyr.gatech.EDU> <1931@chinet.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 38 Keywords: MIDI Amiga Atari ST Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:11785 comp.sys.atari.st:6565 In article <1931@chinet.UUCP> dag@chinet.UUCP (Daniel A. Glasser) writes: >In article <4567@pyr.gatech.EDU> gt4785b@pyr.UUCP (David Carter) writes: >+... >+In other words, the only thing not already MIDI about the port on the back >+of the Amiga is that it's a DB-25 instead of a DIN.... > >...I'm not sure how the Amiga printer port is configured, and how the MIDI >devices are accessed from the program, but there are MIDI interfaces on >the market with different features, and this would seem to indicate that >not all Amiga MIDI adaptors are created equal from a programming >standpoint.... You did not read what he said very well. To summarize: >> ALL THE MIDI ADAPTORS PRESENT THE SAME PROGRAMMING INTERFACE << >> PERIOD << The only difference in the units seems to be MIDI THRU, this does not change the above statement. With a standard exec device interface (midi.device) it would not even matter if the hardware *was* incompatible between manufacturer's devices. >Does the Amiga OS support MIDI devices? The ST OS does. Yes, and no. The Amiga OS support works, but provides poor timestamping. To do it "right" a dedicated MIDI driver must be written. Some developers have chosen to pick up a solution from the Public Domain, others have re-invented the wheel. It is not a problem any more (a long time ago it was). |\ /| . Ack! (NAK, SOH, EOT) {o O} . bryce@hoser.berkeley.EDU -or- ucbvax!hoser!bryce (") U WARNING: hoser's spool directory eats a *lot* of mail. :-(