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From: mab@druwy.ATT.COM (Alan Bland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: MIDI doesn't work!
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Date: 15 May 91 01:22:04 GMT
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I once had a similar problem with my A500:  modem worked, MIDI didn't.  MIDI
had been working fine for months, then suddenly got flakey.  Actually, MIDI
out worked but MIDI in didn't.  I tried two different interfaces, same
problem.  The interfaces worked on an A2000, so it was clearly a problem
with the A500.

I opened up the case, reseated all the socketed chips, blew out all the
accumulated dust and cat hair, and it started working again.  I decided
that cat hair must be conductive and was causing a short somewhere :-)
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