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- * Amiga MIDI Interface Schematic
- * by Steve Stevens
- * c) 1986 all rights reserved
- * Released into Public Domain
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- Parts List for MIDI Interface:
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- Qty. Item
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- 5 5 pin 180 degree DIN jack (female)
- 1 Male DB 25 connector (plugs into serial port)
- 1 8-pin DIP socket (for 6N138)
- 1 14-pin DIP socket (for 74LS04)
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- 5 220 Ohm 1/4 watt resistors
- 1 1k Ohm 1/4 watt resistor
- 1 180 Ohm 1/4 watt resistor
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- 1 1N914 diode or equivalent
- 1 75LS04 IC Hex Inverter Buffer
- 1 Hewlett Packard 6N138 opto-isolator (or Sanyo PC 900 with
- corresponding pinout changes)
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- Misc. wire, a box to put the stuff in, etc.
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- All in all this project is pretty easy to put together. Other computers
- require a separate UART to make this sort of thing work. But thanks to the
- programmable UART already in the Amiga it becomes pretty easy.
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- The schematic was drawn using Dpaint in hi-res mode so to view and print
- the picture, you will have to load dpaint in hi-res mode by typing:
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- 1> dpaint h
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- from CLI. Then load the picture MIDI.hires and print it out as you would
- any other dpaint picture. MIDI.hi.info must be renamed MIDI.hires.info.
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- The shematic should be fairly self-explanatory for anyone with a little
- electronics experience. I hope it is.
- I built the circuit on a small piece of perfboard and mounted it in a
- black plastic box. The hardest part was drilling the holes for the DIN jacks
- to mount in. I drilled a pilot hole with a regular drill and then enlarged
- it with a rotary rasp that attached to my drill motor. It made nice round
- holes and was fairly quick. The holes need to be 5/8 " in diameter.
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- This circuit has all the features of any other commercial MIDI interface
- available for the Amiga, plus two more out jacks. These extra jacks are made
- available for those folks with many keyboards (like me) who want to avoid
- the mysterious and elusive MIDI delay problems. With three OUT jacks you
- also may not need a separate MIDI-thru box. If you have only one synth that
- you want to connect you may want to eliminate the other two jacks. Just
- don't hook them up and they won't be there. Or, if you think you need one
- more out jack you can hook up one more OUT jack by duplicating the out-jack
- circuit and connecting it up to the sixth hex-inverter in the 74LS04. I
- didn't include it because I didn't need it.
- The one thing this interface doesn't have is a drum-sync port. I don't
- have a drum machine so I didn't need one. If there is enough response I
- will update the circuit with one.
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- One more thing, a dot at an intersection point is the indication that
- there is an actual connection. When lines simply cross, there is no con-
- nection.
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- This circuit works fine for me and was easy to build but I will take no
- responsibility nor will I be held liable for anything wierd happening with
- someone else's computer.
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- Altogether it cost about $8 in parts and a few hours of time to put
- together. That's alot less than the $50 one's in the store.
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- I can be reached at Amiga BBS (303) 693-4735 Steve Stevens
- or People Link ID# IGZ542
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- GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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