RS232 in Titan

David Anderson david.anderson at plattsburgh.edu
Thu Apr 24 14:10:20 CEST 1997


On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> Trivia: How was the MIDI data rate selected?
>
> Answer: It was the fastest baud rate an Intel 8751 with a 12Mhz crystal could go!!

Well, this sounds a bit anecdotal. I wonder about the accuracy here
since Dave Smith of Sequential came up with the idea and original
implementation. And, as I recall, Sequential was using Zilog Z80s (at 2
or 4 mhz, I think) in their synths.

David Anderson



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