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- From: ibhan@husc8.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Mac ][vx/MIDI
- Message-ID: <ibhan.722025497@husc8>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:38:17 GMT
- Article-I.D.: husc8.ibhan.722025497
- References: <1992Nov16.154443.37365@fourd.com>
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- Joe_D._Ciarcia@fourd.com writes:
-
- >I have really liked the ][vx and I still do, for the money the ][vx is a great
- >deal but..... I have been defending the ][vx since the 19th, I even posted a
- >message as to why the ][vx was a better choice (in my situation) over the ][ci.
- > Well, I have changed my order to a ][ci (it's too bad, I was really looking
- >forward to the photo CD compatibility and the improved graphics). Here is a
- >very brief description of why. I am a musician and Iuse my Mac primarily for
- >MIDI applications. I have recently discovered that the ][vx has problems with
- >the serial ports and MIDI. A computer that has problems with MIDI for my
- >needs is useless. You would think that Apple would have paid more attention
- >to the use of MIDI on the ][vx considering it is the new "Multimedia
- >Macintosh". Apple .... you goofed. I understand there will be fixes for the
- >problem but no time frame has been given. I will post my findings once I am
- >through gathering infomation on the subject for those who are interested.
-
- Where did you hear this? I heard only the PowerBooks had a problem (due
- to power management) and that a fix is available (at least for the modem
- port) from Opcode.
- --
- -- Ishir Bhan (ibhan@husc.harvard.edu) --
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