Re: MIDI for the //c???

[irsman@iastate.edu (That Ian Guy)]

In article <jmk3.721939227@crux1.cit.cornell.edu> jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay M. Krell) writes:
>The Apple MIDI interface connects to the serial port, so it should at least
>work on the //c hardware wise. I'm not sure about software.

Nope.  The Apple MIDI (and compatibles...I happily use an Altech 'Mac' 
interface on my GS) all require the host serial port to run at the MIDI data
rate, which is 31.something kbaud.  This is well out of range of the 6551 chip,
so MIDI will not work on a //c.  Sorry.

> -Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu




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