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From: woan@nowhere (Ronald S. Woan Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Sound Blaster MIDI box
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Date: 27 Dec 90 16:34:40 GMT
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bob@ultra.com (Bob Beach) writes:
Bob> I just bought a sound blaster card and discovered that I must now
Bob> buy a seprate box ($75) to connect up my MIDI keyboard. I looked
Bob> at the wiring of the joystick port included on the board and
Bob> found MIDI TxD and RxD lines. Does anyone know if I can just
Bob> connect these lines up to my MIDI keyboard (adding the
Bob> appropriate connectors of course).  Asked another way, Is there
Bob> anything in the MIDI box except for some connectors?

There doesn't seem to be anything else... Anyway, for $99 at Babbages
nationwide, you can get the connector box with sequencer plus and 2
MIDI cables. Even discounting sequencer plus, it's only costing about
$40 for the connector box which I have been using as just a joystick
extension cable since I have a MusicQuest card anyway...


Bob> Also, I am interested in doing some programming of the board
Bob> itself.  Creative Labs sells a "development kit" for ~ $100. Are
Bob> there public domain definitions of how the board works and/or
Bob> software?  Alternatively someplace where I can buy the dev kit
Bob> for less than $100. thanks

I've seen the development kit slightly discounted by some mail order
firms, though the only one I remember offhand is Computer Express on
Prodigy...
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