[sdiy] 1488 line drivers - anybody got any use?

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In a message dated 3/11/05 10:03:53 AM, mverbos at earthlink.net writes:

<< I bought a lot of stuff off ebay and included were a bunch of 1488 line 
driver chips and a few 1489 line receiver chips. I don't know of any use 
for these. If anybody has suggestions for these I'm open to them, or if 
somebody wants them.... >>

You could use the 1488/1489 pairs to build long-distance MIDI cable 
transmitter/recievers.  With those drivers, you could reliably run MIDI signals down 
hundreds (or thousands) of feet of audio snake cable (MIDI cables are normally 
limited to about 40 feet before you start having problems).