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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.000019.4876@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 91 00:00:19 GMT
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In article <18@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
>Responding to the following:
>
>"Huh?  No Macs are available with built in MIDI.  No speed switchable 68000s
>either.  They do have a more expensive machine with built-in SCSI"
>
>A more expensive machine with built-in SCSI? ALL Macs have built-in SCSI!
>Even a lot of older Macs that aren't supported anymore (Plus and up) have
>SCSI built in. Also, the Macintosh has fast serial ports and an OS with
>MIDI interfacing built in. What else do you want? What else is necessary
>to qualify as having built-in MIDI?

  Apple put SCSI in Macs as standard and what happened? Hardly any
third party SCSI replacements exist, and from lack of competition
they are not very good. Amiga SCSI has been steadly improving and
dropping in price for years because of the competition between
third party vendors.

  I wouldn't call a serial port a "midi port" otherwise I think
you couldlabel the CBM Pet as a "midi" computer. Built in MIDI means you
have a Midi IN/Out/Thru port.

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