Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA From: Ron NatalieNewsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: MIDI Specs Message-ID: <8233@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:15:40 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8233 Posted: Mon Feb 11 13:15:40 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 03:19:07 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 13 I've got a friend with the ROLAND MIDI interface to an IBM PC. The computer dependent part that goes in the PC only seems to have about three chips on it, so I don't suppose making one for even a micro that they don't support would be much of a problem. The documentation on the interface isn't that bad. The MIDI box itself has a 68XX in it to handle real time playback and recording, but you can by pass that. The interface between the MIDI box and the computer, although on a DB-25, is not RS-232, nor is it serial at all. The problem with RS-232 <-> MIDI is that the midi runs at a rather bizarre speed as far as terminals are concerned. -Ron