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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