RS-232, MIDI and SCSI; oh my!

[Don Tillman]

Guys, this discussion is going off like a pachinko machine on Jolt
Cola -- folks are rattling off random technologies without any
direction.  ("Neural nets!  Lasers!  Dilithium crystals!  Harness the
solar wind!")

I mean really, SCSI is only useful for sending *blocks* of data
between a small number of devices.  It's pretty inappropriate for
controlling a synth, and it can't be compared to RS232 or MIDI in any
way.  

Before talking about specific hardware implementations it would make
sense to take a deep breath and think about exactly what sort of
controlling you want to do, now and in the future.  

  -- Don