Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!well!cbm
From: cbm@well.UUCP (Chris Muir)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MIDI Management Tools...first impressions (long)
Keywords: MIDI Manager, impressions, bugs
Message-ID: <13408@well.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 89 17:51:04 GMT
References: <25132@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: cbm@well.UUCP (Chris Muir)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
Lines: 33

In Message <25132@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> viking@silver.bacs.indiana.edu 
(Jon W. Backstrom) writes:

>Also, when made some abrupt exits from MIDI applications, I was
>*unable* to use my modem port from a terminal program.  By running
>everything again and closing all applications nicely, I was able to
>restore the operation of the modem port.  (Strange stuff, but it seems
>really important to close the MIDI Manager software properly.)

You can write a very simple application to just sign out from the midi
manager:

 begin
  MidiManVers := SndDispVersion(midiToolNum);
  if MidiManVers = 0 then
   begin
	{ oops, no MIDI Manager }
   end
  else
   begin
    MidiSignOut(kMySig);
   end;
 end;

where kMySig is the signature that was signed in. Also in might be
necessary to run the PatchBay and close it before the serial port is
free at first boot.

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