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From: rhand@well.sf.ca.us (Roger Hand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: MIDI doesn't work!
Summary: Serial port works, but known good MIDI box doesn't!
Keywords: MIDI serial port Amiga motherboard
Message-ID: <24628@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 7 May 91 19:08:04 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
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My serial port works fine -- I use it for my modem.  But an ECE midi box
doesn't seem to work at all.  The box is good -- I hooked it up to someone
else's Amiga and it worked with no problem.

I'm using a Bars + Pipes demo that came with an AMiga Plus mag.  The demo
is supposed to support MIDI output.  I changed preferences to 31K, no
handshaking, and upped the serial buffer to a couple K.  Nothing!  Not
for play OR record.  

The MIDI cables are also good, and the keyboard midi input/output works
fine if fed from a different MIDI controller.

Why would the serial port work OK for the modem and not for the MIDI box?

HELP!

Roger    rhand@well.sf.ca.us