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- Amiga small-MIDI-Interface
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- By H. Luyten 1992. Suitable for all Amigas, except the Amiga 1000
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- Files: - Midi.IFF; an IFF of the MIDI-Interface, including component
- information,pin layout, etc.
- - Midi.DOC; this file...
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- This MIDI-interface is small enough to fitt in the RS232-plug !!
- Since I have only one keyboard, MIDI-THRUE was useless.
- I placed R4 and R5 in the MIDI-OUT-plug and R1 in the MIDI-IN-plug,
- the rest of the components easilly fit in the RS232-plug.
- I now have a MIDI-Interface like shown below:
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- ---------
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- Amiga |
- |-- ___
- |S|============================/ /=======(___(= MIDI-IN
- |E| ___
- |R|==============/ /==========(___(= MIDI-OUT
- |--
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- The optocoupler (IC1) is glued (with superglue) in the RS232-plug to
- avoid moving around.
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- Part list:
- R1, R4 ... 220 Ohm (red, red, brown)
- R2 ....... 4K7 Ohm (yellow, purple, red)
- R3 ....... 10K Ohm (brown, black, orange)
- R5 ....... 1K2 Ohm (brown, red, red)
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- T1 ....... BC109B transistor
- D1, D2 ... 1N4148 diode
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- IC1 ...... CNY17 Optocoupler
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- These parts are very common, so you won't get trouble buying these.
- You'll also need:
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- 1x Female D-25 (RS232) plug
- 2x Male Din-5 (MIDI) plug
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- and some cable (2 wires and a shielding). Don't exceed the lenght of 15
- meters for your cable !! (I think that'll be long enough...)
- The resistors, build in the MIDI-plugs, should be protected for shortcuts
- (simply use some tape...).
- I tried this with an Amiga 1200, Amiga 2000B and Amiga 3000 and it worked
- just great...
- The software I used for the testing: Mr.T 3.57 and OctaMed.
- Additional hardware I used for the testing:
- Technics SX-K700 keyboard and a Roland D-50 keyboard.
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- I tried to be as clear as possible (in both the Midi.IFF and this doc),
- if you can't figure out what to do,.. try some technical help from a friend.
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- Note: The design is based on an older design of 'unknown', I adapted it
- to more common parts and on size.
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- Hans Luyten (Internet: LUYTEN@KUB.NL)
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