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From: ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Soundblaster question
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.191016.2292@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 91 19:10:16 GMT
References: <7991@chorus.fr>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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From article <7991@chorus.fr>, by mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski):
> Bad idea: SoundBlaster midi interface is not compatible with the
> industry standard MPU-401, so you won't be able to run any standard
> software. Also it is only half-duplex (what you can easily observe
> when you run some standard midi setups: you lose midi events when
> trying to send and receive at the same time. That is already pretty
> annoying to lose note-ons, but losing note-offs is insufferable.)

I heard somewhere that SB would soon come out with a industry standard
version.