| Well, uh, gee, Monty, I think I'm going to go for number 5!
I don't own an I-word PC, but patching a hard-coded address seems like it should
be relatively straightforward and get you out of the woods.
Cheers,
Bob
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| 1. Stop playing music through MIDI
Non sequitur - does not compute.
2. Downgrade from SCSI to RLL (... does anyone want a SCSI
drive/controller...? :=) )
Acceptable in extreme circumstances - your choice.
3. Buy a second computer for MIDI and build up a LAN for data exchange
Recommended option - I made the same choice due to slot scarcity.
4. Modify the MIDI hardware and path ALL the software for another port
Fallback option - Least expensive.
5. Patch the SCSI Bios to accept an address other than 330H
Got sources, a PROM burner, & time?
6. Stop computing at all
Right...
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| There are some possiblites. I'm in the same situation (But I usually
use my Mac II for music, or my Amiga, so I'n not stuck). MOst software
nowadays will let you change the i/o address to something else (and
mosy Midi interfaces). The only popular sequencers that cant so far
are Texture and prism. Cakewalk will let you use a different address
if you can change your interface to something else (usually 300). I
think Sequencer Plus will too. I called Adaptec awhile back, and there
is a way to make your SCSI card thinks it at a different address, but
its not ideal. You can buy something from them (I fogot what) and then
remove your BIOS from the SCSI card, and then... get this... boot
from a floppy!!! I got the musicquest midi interface 16S and it can be
switched, but my favorite PC sequencer Texture doesnt find it. After
calling Steve Rossi at magnetic music, he said, hummmm. They may do
something in their next update. Until they do, I'm happily back
sequencing with my Mac and maybe some day I'll get to play with
Texture again....
Bruce
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