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From: alves@alcor.usc.edu (William Alves)
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Subject: Re: MIDI, the Mac and the Serial Port (Help!)
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Date: 5 Sep 90 16:52:36 GMT
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In article <302@bksmel.oz.au> svb@bksmel.UUCP (Stuart Begg) writes:
>I have recently turned my computing interests to MIDI programming and,
>having a Macintosh, have invested in some sequencing software and a 
>MIDI interface.  And while this system works just fine, it has piqued
>my interest in developing my own software in this environment.
>My programming experience is quite extensive, however, my hardware and
>communications experience leaves something to be desired.  With this
>in mind, and given that I have read what I think are the appropriate
>sections of "Inside Macintosh" (V1-V5), I can't work out how to 
>configure and access the serial port for MIDI transmission and
>receipt on my Macintosh Plus!
>
What you need is the MIDI Manager software from Apple. This is a package
which includes an init and a software library for developing MIDI appli-
cations that will be compatible with MultiFinder. They go to great lengths
in the documentation to emphasize that you should IGNORE all the MIDI
implementation in the Sound Manager in Inside Mac Volume 5. It is full of
errors and inconsistencies and was meant as a stopgap anyway until the
MIDI Management Tools were developed. This package is available from APDA
I believe, at 1-800-282-2732. I got it off of their developer CD-ROM vol 3
(I think), but you may need to be a member of APDA.

Bill Alves