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Connecting MIDI Wireline to Laptop Computer
By Harald Mueller

Hello -- Norm Gibson wrote in MMD 010405:

> I found out first that the ports on laptops are only serial and not
> designed for MIDI signals out.  I than contacted a company, MIDIator
> Systems, that makes a small converter which goes in-line so laptops
> can work.  Problem is, if you have an older laptop you do not have
> a serial port which is fast enough to make it work (e.g., type 16550
> buffered serial port).  So, since I do not have a fast enough serial
> port all of my efforts have failed.

Which operating system do you use?  If it's Win95 or Win98 (or Win2000)
then you can use Midiman's Portman/S.  See http://www.midiman.com/

If you have Windows NT, this does not work -- you have to use the
Midiman BiPort 2x4.  All that works very fine for my laptop (which is,
however, not an older one, but I cannot believe that MIDI will need
fast serial ports).  Maybe Midiman knows more about this; in Germany,
at least, they have very helpful support.

Harald Mueller
Grafing, Germany


(Message sent Tue 17 Apr 2001, 11:06:25 GMT, from time zone GMT+0200.)

Key Words in Subject:  Computer, Connecting, Laptop, MIDI, Wireline

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