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From: AIPS@BRANDEIS.BITNET (Greg Lindahl [chimps@brandeis.bitnet])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: midi to rs232?
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Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 22:51:00 EST
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here's my stupid question for this semester:

if the MIDI port is run by some sort of ACIA and is actually some fancy
sort of rs232 port, could it possibly be reprogrammed a bit to be a
"normal" rs232?

i'm an os9 user, and i would *love* to be able to have 2 terminals.

i've heard of some MTC people who have done this, and it was 2 jumpers
and a couple of interrupt handlers. however, i can't seem to actually find
these people. also, it allegedly was still hardwired to 31.5kbaud... i
guess we have to burn another keyboard prom to change this to something
useful with a modem?

any advice/information would be appreciated.

greg

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