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From: darken-christian@CS.YALE.EDU (Christian J. Darken)
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Subject: Which machine to program for MIDI?
Keywords: MIDI
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Date: 18 Nov 90 22:54:21 GMT
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I am trying to decide whether to get an IBM compatible
or an ST to use for programming some novel MIDI processing
ideas.  I know a fair bit about IBMs, but almost nothing
about the ST.  Any opinions on which machine is better for
programming MIDI applications?  The machine will have to perform
calculations while acquiring MIDI data.  This can be done on IBMs
with an interrupt driven routine.  Can the same be done on the ST?

One apparent advantage of the IBM compat is that there is
lots of sample MIDI source code available in the public
domain and from various vendors.  I can save time and effort
by modifying these sources rather than starting from scratch.
Are there MIDI sources available for the ST?

Any tips gratefully received.

Chris Darken
darken@cs.yale.edu