I vaguely recall a few months back someone talking about some kind of
MIDI with their M100.
I've got a Roland MT-32 and a couple PMA-5s, and I got to wondering how
I could interface them to my M100, then maybe write some MIDI
player/editor software.
Just saw a video tutorial on YouTube where Bisqwit wrote a MIDI player
program for DOS in GW-BASIC.
A serial port interface, assuming one could be built, would be fast
enough; iirc MIDI communicates at the same speed as HTerm.
A parallel port interface might be more convenient, if possible...
I've been reading recent threads about someone using the cassette
interface as a secondary display interface. I suppose maybe that could
be used, instead, too...
Now I'm wondering if a MIDI keyboard could be interfaced via the bar
code reader port?
If so... PMA-5 connected via serial, parallel or cassette port, MIDI
keyboard connected via barcode port, custom software... portable MIDI DAW...
So is this idea crazy? Impossible? Waste of time?
