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From: hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: MIDI
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.052315.988@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 14 Nov 90 09:23:15 GMT
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In article <3341@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>,
herbie@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Andrew Herbert) writes:
> Isn't there a problem getting an ibm serial port to spit out 31.25kbps
> as required by midi?

No... serial ports on most IBM compatibles can communicate at up to 115.2kbps,
despite IBM's claims to the contrary.  Certain IBM PS/2's have buggy UART
chips, limiting them to 57.6kbps.  In either case, they would be able to handle
the 31.25kbps.
-Sanjay Aiyagari(hd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)