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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.
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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