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From: zadco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Rick Fairfield)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: rs232 midi interfaces
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 00:52:01 EST
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> Does anyone know of any RS232 interfaces for MIDI?  I have a CP/M machine,
> and it has only one serial port.  If no one knows of any, is there any
> interest in designing one?
> 
> -- 
> 		 	  John Labovitz
> 			        --
> 		..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!hnij

MIDI requires over 30000 bits/sec. RS232 usually runs at most 19200 baud so, 
as you can see, MIDI is a problem over RS232.
							zzzzadco