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From: tynor%pyr@gatech.edu (Steve Tynor)
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Subject: Re: MIDI and Unix
Keywords: 386i
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Date: 13 Mar 89 22:47:44 GMT
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kek1135@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>I too have been interested in porting MIDI software to Unix
>...

I just bought a Sun 386i for home use.  I too am planning on using it for
MIDI.  Fortunately, the 386i has a PC/AT bus so I should be able to
install an MPU-401 (or clone) and write a Unix device driver for it. I
haven't actually _tried_ this yet (I've never written a device driver for
Unix and I hear that it can be a nightmare...) 

I'm well on my way to having a graphic score editor built on SunView, but
I have not yet addressed the MIDI device/real time issues.

So... Are there any other 386i/MIDI users (or potential users) out there?
Has anyone from MIT (CSOUND) or CMU (the MIDI Toolkit) played with the Sun
386i?

    Steve Tynor
    Georgia Tech Research Institute
    tynor@gitpyr.gatech.edu