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From: ralph@mit-atrp.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Amiga VS Mac
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Date: Sat, 24-Jan-87 16:17:04 EST
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....talking about the Atart ST....
>One the other hand, it does have a built in MIDI interface, which
>is nice for serious music work.  One still another hand, I wonder
>how many people use it?  It does seem sort of a strange thing to
>put in a low cost computer.
>-- 
>Tim Smith       USENET: sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim   Compuserve: 72257,3706
>                Delphi or GEnie: mnementh

The presence of a serial port on any computer almost guarentees its MIDI
hardware ability. An RS232 to MIDI converter cost $10 in parts
and takes a night or two to solder together. It really just converts
voltage drive to current drive. The schematic is
in the Amiga Public Domain. You are then faced with finding software to
talk to it, but this is available for the Amiga, Mac and IBM.

                                       Ralph