Does anyone know how to link a laptop computer to an external MIDI
transmitting device?  We've got a roll reader and want to use
a laptop to store the data.  We have plans to use a serial port
device but would like an increase in speed getting the data into
the PC.  (Robbie, help me out if the question is unclear.)

Regards,

John McClelland

 [ I'm helping John with his portable transcriber system.  Initially
 [ an Octet UM1 will convert the switch signals to standard MIDI
 [ wireline signals, and a MIDI file will be stored at the laptop PC.
 [ Later we'd like to use high-speed MIDI (500 kbps), if available
 [ for a laptop.  Otherwise a dedicated external commutator might be
 [ built to transmit distance-tagged events to the computer.  -- Robbie