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  1. Mu0n

    Programming a MIDI file parser *and* player

    This python script can be used to quickly test out your MIDI out connection to a sound module. It will simply play out a C major scale with the default MIDI instrument, the piano. # Define the MIDI commands for a C-major scale notes = [60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72] # MIDI note numbers for C4...
  2. Mu0n

    Programming a MIDI file parser *and* player

    Goals: understand the MIDI file format specs program a parser that detects every type of MIDI command, including the System Extension ones program a player that digests the previous information and sends it out to a serial port so it can be consumed by an external midi device (ie a sound...
  3. Mu0n

    [MIDI] Get help making your vintage module work in modern windows

    I made a resource here: https://tinkerdifferent.com/resources/midi-out-setter-for-modern-windows.134/ You're running Windows beyond Vista? You miss being able to set the MIDI mapper output like we used to nearly 17 years ago? If you can't, you're stuck with the software rendering of MIDI that...
  4. Mu0n

    MIDI out setter for Modern Windows

    Original link to the utility here: https://www.codeproject.com/articles/36315/midi-out-setter You're running Windows beyond Vista? You miss being able to set the MIDI mapper output like we used to nearly 17 years ago? If you can't, you're stuck with the software rendering of MIDI that is by...
  5. Mu0n

    BlueSCSI v2 - DaynaPORT WiFi!

    Good to know. I just took a habit of externally powering my BlueSCSI which are external anyway, since it's available right there on my bench anyway. I wouldn't have repro'ed the sleep problem.
  6. Mu0n

    BlueSCSI v2 - DaynaPORT WiFi!

    Do you reckon I could reproduce this problem with a PowerBook 170 or 180?
  7. Mu0n

    FloppyEMU (Dec 3rd 2023) newest firmware supports SIT, HQX, HDA, ISO

    Success! CD mounted under System 6.0.8. Here are the steps at bootup: Have the floppyEMU in CDROM/HDA mode (requires a restart of the machine) when you power up the machine, make sure no CDROM is selected. If there is one, you have a few seconds after powerup but before a drive tries to start...
  8. Mu0n

    FloppyEMU (Dec 3rd 2023) newest firmware supports SIT, HQX, HDA, ISO

    I'm a bit late to the party, but so must a lot of you people as well, I'm guessing! There was a massive December 11th firmware update for the Mac side of the FloppyEmu project: https://www.bigmessowires.com/2023/12/11/floppy-emu-update-stuffit-file-support-cd-rom-and-scsi-image-support-more/...
  9. Mu0n

    I made my own cursed INIT part 3

    Keeping up with this annual tradition, this is the 3rd entry, right in time for the end of #MARCHintosh 2024 2022 thread: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/i-made-my-own-cursed-init.1664/ 2023 thread: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/i-made-my-own-cursed-init-part-2.2517/
  10. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    ***** ****** THIS GUIDE IS NOW DEPRECATED. LOOKING FOR THE MINI QEMU guide for Windows 11 (etc) ? Go to this link further down the thread instead: https://tinkerdifferent.com/threads/globaltalk-global-appletalk-network-for-marchintosh-2024-and-beyond.3392/post-35819 I will leave the older...
  11. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    Made a video of my impressions of the first 4-5 days I spent getting my Mac SE/30 on #globaltalk
  12. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    This is a one-stop shop .sit file to get set up with #globaltalk that can work with any Expander running under System 7.1. This would have been HIGHLY useful to me 2 days ago. https://dillernet.com/apple/2024/03/04/appletalk-2024-marchintosh-project/ provided from andy diller on Mastodon...
  13. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    Karl Baron released a hypercard stack that allows chat with Cairo fonts:
  14. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    Everything works now. In Control Panels/Network, I go from LocalTalk Built-In to Ethertalk Alternative I've enable folder sharing, enabled guests to do what they want and people have dumped stuff in it. I've successfully hosted an EZ Chat I found a Mod Tracker out there (never used one for...
  15. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    I've committed to: System 7.1 MacTCP No Open Transport (that one makes sense with later System 7 versions I think!) Then with some great help from Eric Helgeson mostly and Tom Barber at a key juncture, I was able to figure out how to navigate the guide with a DaynaPort Bluescsiv2. Most of my...
  16. Mu0n

    GlobalTalk - Global AppleTalk network for MARCHintosh 2024 (and beyond!)

    I've spent 2-3 hours last night to try and retrace the steps from the article linked above. I've been unsuccessful, but I'm not deterred yet. In case my misteps helps out someone by saving time, here's what I've attempted. Gear used: SE/30 with 10+ mb RAM (I forget how much) external DB25...
  17. Mu0n

    Homemade MIDI switching (3in 3out)

    And the way these DP4T (double pole, 4 throw) switches work, is that I use 3 pins as inputs, 2 intermediary pins as output. I get 3 unique configurations out of it with one repeating. "double pole" means that 2 things are routed at the same time: the VCC on the top side and the Signal on the...
  18. Mu0n

    Homemade MIDI switching (3in 3out)

    This is the best diagram that gives all possible views of the connector and cable, clearly outlining which it is and from which of the two sides. Here are my diagrams. ALL views are from the top side, ie the MIDI female sockets are seen from above, but these 3 wires can be either on the top...