Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!SKIBUM From: SKIBUM@cup.portal.com.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Amiga and MIDI Message-ID: <1790@cup.portal.com> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 03:00:48 EST Article-I.D.: cup.1790 Posted: Fri Dec 4 03:00:48 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Dec-87 03:56:39 EST References: <447@nuchat.UUCP> <32160@auc.UUCP> <528@otto.COM> <4567@pyr.gatech.EDU> <3813@trwrb.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 17 Xref: utgpu comp.sys.amiga:11071 comp.sys.atari.st:6174 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.2423 So whos usin a serial interface for a printer anyway. What do you do when you want to use your modem? Disconnect the printer? Spend a hundred bucks for a switch? Many of the available midi interfaces for the Amiga have pass thru for the serial port so it can be used with a modem (obviously not at the same time). Seems to me the question isnt whether one system has built in midi interface or not (fifty bucks for an interface isnt gonna break anyone whos seriously talking about spending the money to get into midi music in a serious way). The question should be which machine overs the most versatility for various applications. If we were just talking about buying a machine for music we might as well buy a Yamaha puter. Obviously offers some of the best internal voice capability some fine application software. Im sure that there are all kinds of machines that do one thing better than my AMI does. I bought the machine because it does lots of things in a way thats adequate for my needs Mike McDaniel