Re: MIDI for Apple IIc: Is it still possible?

[irsman@subzero.winternet.com (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <Thierry.DeVries-0401960149340001@dialup07.brussels.eunet.be>,
Thierry De Vries <Thierry.DeVries@ping.be> wrote:
>In article <msp100.3.30E5B940@psu.edu>, msp100@psu.edu (Mark Pfaff) wrote:
>
>> i have a few questions which may make my search easier.  they are:
>> will a mac or other midi interface that runs from a serial port operate with
>> my computer given appropriate driver software?  if so, then getting (or
>> building) the hardware part is solved.  it seems plenty of devices are
>> available cheaply to do that trick for the mac and the amiga, and i
>> understand both simply plug into serial ports.
>
>A IIci isn't really a forgotten computer. A MIDI interface connected to a
>serial port will still do the trick.

A IIc is NOT a IIci.  Mac-compatible MIDI serial port interfaces work only
on the IIgs, as far as members of the II family go.  The 6522 UART used in
the IIc is not capable of the ~30.1 kbaud MIDI data rate.  The IIe and II Plus
had cards available from Passport and others for MIDI.  As far as I'm aware,
there's no such solution for the IIc.

>> then, what software is (or was) available to send midi information from an
>> apple IIc?  I know i saw it in catalogs of yore, back when i thought i'd
>
>Most of the sequencer packages (not the ones using audio) will still work
>on your IIci.

Again, the IIc is not the IIci, and I know of no way to do MIDI on one.  
The IIgs is best supported for this application among IIs, and even it's
software (MasterTracks Pro) is seriously creaky for doing even semi-complex
amateur sequencing.  (I've been trying now that I have an equally creaky
and very fun Ensoniq Mirage around, and it's an uphill battle).

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