Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!yale!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!uvaarpa!virginia!boole!pmy From: pmy@boole.acc.virginia.edu (Pete Yadlowsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Amiga and MIDI Message-ID: <335@boole.acc.virginia.edu> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 11:24:07 EST Article-I.D.: boole.335 Posted: Mon Nov 30 11:24:07 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 20:47:26 EST References: <447@nuchat.UUCP] <32160@auc.UUCP> <528@otto.COM> Organization: Academic Computing Center, University of Va. Lines: 25 Keywords: MIDI Amiga Atari ST Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:11789 comp.sys.atari.st:6569 comp.sys.cbm:981 In article <528@otto.COM>, rex@otto.COM (Rex Jolliff) writes: ] In article <32160@auc.UUCP> rodney@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) writes: ] >Just as an example, not an endorsement: ] > ] > From Skyles Electric Works: MIDI IN, 2 MIDI OUT, and MIDI THRU ] > It plugs into the RS-232 port. ] > ] >I think Mimetics also has a MIDI Interface with similar features and price. ] ] hmmm... This sounds pretty scary to me. If the interface is built into the ] computer, then the software developers don't have to worry about writing ] 'drivers' to support all the different interfaces with 'similar features'. ] However, if you have to hook the interface up as an afterthought, only the ] software supplied by the interface manufacturer may be compatable. Huh? Wait a minute. The interface is just a hunk of hardware that converts RS-232 to MIDI current loop. There's no software compatibility problem... it's just a connector, no intelligence whatsoever. Any program can drive it. -- Pete Yadlowsky Academic Computing Center University of Virginia e-mail: pmy@vivaldi.acc.virginia.EDU