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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: TCP/IP on MIDI?
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Date: 5 May 89 21:06:41 GMT
References: <1989May3.180345.6936@utzoo.uucp> <May.4.18.53.01.1989.1967@ron.rutgers.edu>
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In article <May.4.18.53.01.1989.1967@ron.rutgers.edu> 
 ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
>
>You're not serious about IP over MIDI are you.  It's major drawback
>is that MIDI is UNIDIRECTIONAL!  While IP can be done that way, it
>makes TCP a little interesting.

	All you have to do is explain simplex links to your router.
This isn't so hard.  I have talked to your favorite router vendor
about adding this capability to their product.