Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!gatech!pyr!gt4785b From: gt4785b@pyr.gatech.EDU (CARTER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: serial port- modem/MIDI Message-ID: <4607@pyr.gatech.EDU> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 21:28:26 EST Article-I.D.: pyr.4607 Posted: Sat Dec 5 21:28:26 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 22:49:01 EST Reply-To: gt4785b@pyr.UUCP (David Carter) Followup-To: Re: Amiga and MIDI Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lines: 25 Summary: sorry! I did mean modem, not printer I wrote (talking about a MIDI adaptor for the Amigas): >The DB-25 socket and one of the switches are so the person can use his printer >too. Yeah, it would be nice to have a seperate, dedicated MIDI jack, but >a) you usually never print while MIDI-ing Mike McDaniel wrote: >So whos usin a serial interface for a printer anyway. ... I meant to say modem. But you can see that the same argument still applies: Any home computer talking to a device at MIDI speed is going to have very little time to talk to a modem or a printer at the same time, especially during MIDI recording. One nice thing about the MIDI adaptor in the Amazing article is that if you =did= want to call up a friend via modem and go back and forth between exchanging data and doing MIDI things, flipping the "modem/MIDI" switch leaves DTR (among other pins) still connected between the computer and the modem; some modems hang up when they see DTR go away. But seriously, how many of you MIDI people would =really= want to do such a thing? David Carter