Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!uh2
From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: RS-232 & MIDI Interface
Message-ID: <90260.142801UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 17 Sep 90 18:28:01 GMT
References: <49417@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>
Organization: Penn State University
Lines: 18

In article <49417@olivea.atc.olivetti.com>, borzieri@king.ICO.Olivetti.Com (Ivan
Borzieri) says:
>I tried to write a little basic prog which reads from the RS-232 data coming
>from my keyboard through a MIDI interface.

>I tried to set the RS-232 at 9600,N,7,1 and something was read.
>I then tried to set it at 19200,N,7,1 and something else was read ! (then
>I got a crash)

I believe that MIDI is quite different from RS-232.  Just because it
uses the same plug on the Amiga doesn't mean it uses the same *electrical*
characteristics.  That's why Amigas  need MIDI adapters.  This is a
simple device with a couple of resistors and whatever in it that
converts the signals at the serial port to MIDI.  The simple ones cost
about $40 US or so, and go up to maybe $99 US for ones with lots of
"features".

           lee