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From: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: rs232 midi interfaces
Message-ID: <2560@mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 14:03:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 15 14:03:04 1985
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References: <870@bnl.UUCP> <ssc-vax.416>
Reply-To: bch@mcnc.UUCP (Byron Howes)
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Summary: 

In article <ssc-vax.416> zadco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Rick Fairfield) writes:
 
>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

I'm not sure I want to publicly disagree with my brother-in-law but...

While the problem isn't trivial, It should be possible to send/translate
RS232->MIDI in a fairly straightforward way.  32K bits/sec translates
roughly to 3200 baud (as baud is used in lay terminology.)  Assuming
asyncronous protocol and loss of a bit to parity (why not) a 4800 baud
link should be more than sufficient for the required MIDI bandwidth.
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						Byron C. Howes
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