From the nimble fingers of Robert Covington (artlythere@...)
(14/6/2001 5:30 PM) came...

>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> I've been lurking for a long time.
Haven't we all?
>> I was wondering if anyone could answer what I think is a simple question.
There are no simple questions.
>> Could I get an example of a really short program in future basic 2
>> that would send one piece of MIDI data to my printer serial port that
>> is connected to my midi interface which in turn is connected to an
>> external synthesizer?
>> 
>> This would help me a lot. Sorry if it's too dumb a question.
There are no dumb questions.
> Not dumb at all. Greetings.

> You will need Apples' Midi Manager to use it. If you don't have that, I can
> mail you that too. It is a free thing nowadays, unsupported. Ignore the
> order info at the top of the header.

What does MIDI manager do for a living? If one wanted to write an FB-ish
thing for MIDI, why not just spout out your chosen port at 38400 - and read
it too, if applicable? I've never tried it, but probably will tonight, just
for sport.

Is MIDI clocked (synchronous)? If so, that would muddy the water somewhat. I
do remember sniffing at a MIDI port once, and it didn't seem to be
clocked...

I once spent a month trying to talk through some National Instruments
software driver to a 232-to-GPIB convertor, with little success. The
solution was to forget the NI software, and just talk to their box. Could
the MIDI driver be the same thing?

And Mr. Tomlinson:

See the mess you can cause by asking a simple question? Isn't it neat?

You may never see an answer to your question, but you will see a lot of
(often poorly guided) lateral thinking...
-- 
Ted Spencer; ted@...
-- 
A day without Mozart is like a day without sunshine. [Alan McFee]