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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Info-Atari16 Digest V87 #150
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Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 10:12:43 EST
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From the description of the MIDI problem and its cause in V87 #150, it sounds
to me as if there is a very simple fix.  Instead of testing for no more data
and quitting instantaneously, keep testing for no more data for a short time
chosen experimentally.  If it stays out of data for, say, 1 second, it
probably IS out of data -- or else there is a dramatic pause in the music.
Maybee the time delay should be a 1-second default, with an option to specify
a different delay or "infinite delay" (keep reading until a keyboard key is
pressed or something) as a parameter in the music data file.

Hope this turns out to fix the problem.

-John Sangster
jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa