[sdiy] More Midi questions

[Colin f]

> Good point. If you're not using it for standard MIDI, why use 
> a standard MIDI socket? It'll only cause trouble at *some* point.
> I agree with Assi, use something incompatible. Why not use a 
> 270° 5-pin DIN instead?

If you went with pins 6 & 7 of a 7-pin DIN for power, you'd be able to use
it with 5-pin cables to normal MIDI devices, while not being able to plug a
cable with power into a device not designed to take it.

Cheers,
Colin g