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From: cosc10hv@jane.uh.edu (Paul Sears)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Running MIDI at 500KHz -- conclusions
Message-ID: <5790.25fb69df@jane.uh.edu>
Date: 12 Mar 90 15:20:31 GMT
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In article <1990Mar9.215613.17075@wam.umd.edu>, dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett) writes:
> Well, the situation looks pretty bleak.  I've gotten the MIDI port to
> run at 500KHz without hanging the machine, but the connection is too
> noisy (to say the least).  I set things up so that I'd type on one
> machine and look at the output on the other.  Ever set your modem to
> the wrong baud rate in the middle of a session?  Well, that's about
> what it looks like on the receiving end.  Garbage!
> 
> I can only assume that the opto-isolators won't handle 500K baud.  It
> doesn't seem like a software problem.
> 
> Dave Baggett
> dmb@cscwam.umd.edu

I am sorry but I think I missed this but what is the purpose of 500KHZ?? Why
not a slightly slower cycle??  Or is 500KHZ a 'magic' number?

 
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