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From: rs@hou3c.UUCP (Bob Switzer)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: NEW MIDI computer
Message-ID: <1028@hou3c.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 10:07:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 10:07:09 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Feb-85 06:04:33 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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I was at a music store last night talking with the owner
about a MIDI interface I'm building for my computer
when he showed me some literature from Yamaha on a
new MIDI computer build on top of one of the MSX computers.
It has a cartridge port, MIDI IN, MIDI OUT, two joystick ports
around a Z80 based computer (built according to the MSX standard).
They have a complete set of software cartridges for the thing.
One of which is the music composer cartridge which supposedly
lets you write out music on a regular staff, with crescendo
descrescendo, and other intonations, FULL MIDI VOICE CONTROL,
will play it for you on your keyboard via MIDI, and store the
sequence on a RAM-DISK cartridge.  All of this for $480.00 (computer)
plus $50.00 for each of their software cartridges.
I thought it was quite interesting, and looks like one of the
least expensive "music composer" systems I've seen.
<by the way, I have no interest in Yamaha or in this computer>
-- 
R. Switzer @ AT&T Bell Labs
Rm. 3L-434 / Crawford Corner Rd.
Holmdel NJ 07733 phn:1(201)949 5133
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