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From: dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell)
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Subject: Re: MIDI BOF (now about a standard MIDI interface for UNIX)
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Date: 10 May 91 19:16:51 GMT
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>This will be a good thing to discuss at the MIDI BOF at USENIX.
>Random issues involved:

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>Lots of issues.  My preference would be to start simple and standardize
>some (hopefully less controversial) low-level interface, and work up
>from there.  I'm sure we'll have some good discussions at the MIDI BOF
>about all this.  Hopefully someone there will have experience with
>Apple's MIDI Manager, which is one example of how it can be done.
>Of course, our goal should be a UNIX-style solution (I hope),
>which may or may not be similar.

>                            ...Tim Thompson...tjt@blink.att.com...

How about:

  --  MIDI on the FX? So far, there is very little commercial support!

Dave     dbell@cup.portal.com