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From: ravi@mcnc.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Amiga midi problems?
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 09:40:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 20 09:40:49 1987
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References: <1408@ico.UUCP> <1601@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <628@cup.portal.com> <1472@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
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In article <1472@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> ralph@ATRP.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Amiga-Man) writes:
#In article <628@cup.portal.com# Henry_Burdett_Messenger@cup.portal.com writes:
##
##This is still the case, and will continue to be the case. Unlike the Amiga, 
##the ST was *designed* for MIDI. 
##
#
#Just a minor, but important, clarification. The only *hardware* difference
#between an Amiga and an ST with respect to MIDI is the "level conversion
#circuit to MIDI". The ST has it built in, the Amiga needs one plugged
#into the serial port.  I have personally built the needed circuit, 
#which costs $10 in parts and one evening of trivial wiring. 
#for $40-$50. So when you say the ST was *designed* for MIDI, lets just
#put things in perspective. 
#

	Not quite.. another minor, but important, clarification is that 
the ST has MIDI in and out ports *in addition to* the serial port;  this 
comes in very handy as one doesn't have to tie up the serial port exclusively 
for a MIDI device.  I think that is what the original poster had in mind when 
he said the ST was designed for MIDI.

							-ravi