MIDI Timing and PC soundcards

[McIntosh, Malcolm]

Yes, LINUX is a MicroStuff killer.  Its free for downloading with source
code.  The online development community rapidly updates the code and is
willing to help all.  The MIDI stuff looks like its coming along, and if one
was a DIY MIDI driver programmer then you could program what you need
anyway.  I don't think Billy Boy can stop LINUX.  LINUX is truly a DIY and
Done By A Whole Bunch Of Smart Good Folks operating system.

To put in a plug for the "abandoned by IBM"  OS/2, the RTmidi (Real Time
MIDI) system is supposed to allow 1 micro-sec timing.  When I find a good
sound card/MPU-401 MIDI port for OS/2, I'll test it out as much as I can
with my current equipment suite.  In the mean time I dual boot.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Magnus Danielson [SMTP:magnus at analogue.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 15, 1998 1:15 PM
> To:	vco at mindspring.com
> Cc:	magnus at analogue.org; synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl
> Subject:	Re: MIDI Timing and PC soundcards
> 
> >>>>> "t" == tomg  <vco at mindspring.com> writes:
> 
> In a still offtrack (but fun) discussion.
> 
>  >> I still have my 30 360k disks and manuals for Xenix ;)
> 
>  t> Pretty cool Magnus.. How does it run on a pentII?..:-)
> 
> Well... I have lost the password to the discs, I don't have a 5.25"
> disc in my machine and I think much of the hardware would look pretty
> wierd to an 10 years old OS.
> 
> Fortunatly I have a alternative Unix clone to run ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Magnus