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From: hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: MIDI and LANS
Summary: After 4 years, they found it wasn't worth the bother!
Keywords: MIDI LANS communications
Message-ID: <880@lzaz.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Dec 89 16:46:29 GMT
References: <32333@auc.UUCP> <448@pico.oz>
Organization: AT&T ISL Lincroft NJ USA
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> Back in 1985-1986 when I was in Kentucky, I remember there was an awful lot
> of talk about using the MIDI port of the Atari ST for a LAN. I haven't
> read the newsgroup for a while, because it has too many items per day, but
> I reckon that if it can be done, then they should have worked it all out
> by now. 4 years should have been enough.
> 

From what I recall on the net, 31K bits per second was found to be so 
S L O W that no one had the patience to use it; so it sort of just died.


Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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