Re: 8-bit MIDI Software?

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Polymorph <mike.a.stephens@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 13, 5:27 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>> On 7/11/2010 11:30 PM, ict@ccess wrote:
>> 
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>>> Simon D. Williams wrote:
>>>> I've been scouring the net looking for some good MIDI software for
> > > > the
>>>> IIe -- and not having any luck. I have a Passport Designs card that
> > > > I want
>>>> to use with my Drumulator, but the Korg 800 sequencer software I
> > > > have only
>>>> does real-time recording... I need something I can use for step
> > > > entry. Any
>>>> suggestions?
>> 
>>>>  From what I've read, it seems that Master Tracks might be what I
> > > > need, but
>>>> I've only been able to find IIgs and Atari versions online and the
> > > > IIc
>>>> version for sale (expensive!). As an aside, I have to wonder about
> > > > using
>>>> the IIc with MIDI, considering it has trouble with a 9600 baud, I
> > > > don't
>>>> see how it could possibly keep up with MIDI's ~30K???
>> 
>>> My Passport Designs card came with the software called "MIDI/8 plus
>>> " and does all that you want.  I tried to make a .dsk file but
> > > tracks
>>> 3 and 16 are uncopiable.  Although the files do show up with a
>>> catalog.  I tried recreating the the image file on a blank disk but
>>> the disk is still unbootable or more acurately, it boots to a
> > > certain
>>> stage and then just beeps.
>> 
>>> I will try Copy II plus bit copy method later, then maybe we can
> > > talk
>>> about good old regular mail.
>> 
>> Passport disks can be deprotected with considerable effort.
>> 
>> They have a novel, multi-level protection scheme involving lots of
>> "misdirection" and encryption, all keyed by a very clever scheme
>> of resetting the disk controller with precise timing to allow
>> normally unsynced nibbles to be read.
>> 
>> -michael
>> 
>> NadaNet 3.1 for Apple II parallel computing!
>> Home page:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon/
>> 
>> "The wastebasket is our most important design
>> tool--and it's seriously underused."
> 
> Hardcore Computist has this to offer for getting around the copy
> protection:
> http://victa.jamtronix.com/display/page/1396
> 
> This was found using Mike Maginnis' great searchable magazine archive.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Cheers,
> Mike

Nice way to get around READER and its "extreme perversion"!  ;-)

That perverse scheme was created by none other than Bill Basham, of wide
Apple II renown.  ;-)

-michael  -  NadaNet 3.1:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon