From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 18 19:48:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF8437B401 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 19:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (hak.cnd.mcgill.ca [132.216.11.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 619E943F3F for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 19:48:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mat@hak.cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (localhost.cnd.mcgill.ca [127.0.0.1]) by hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.3p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h4J2pC6d068963; Sun, 18 May 2003 22:51:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mat@hak.cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: (from mat@localhost) by hak.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.3p2/8.12.3/Submit) id h4J2pCus068962; Sun, 18 May 2003 22:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 22:51:12 -0400 From: Mathew Kanner To: jimd@siu.edu Message-ID: <20030519025112.GC60782@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: <20030515061748.O1048@freebsd2.localnet10> <20030518221722.GB60782@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20030518180851.K570@freebsd2.localnet10> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030518180851.K570@freebsd2.localnet10> Organization: I speak for myself, operating in Montreal, CANADA User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-32.3 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PLING_QUERY,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MIDI on SB Live! ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 02:48:19 -0000 On May 18, jimd@siu.edu wrote: > Amiga Unix Emulator, UAE, is in the ports tree. You will need Amiga ROM > images, or a copy of the "Amiga Forever" CD with said ROM images. UAE has > a small utility to copy the Amiga ROM on a real Amiga computer. A quick peruse of the source win32 specfic stuff in UAE suggests that it treats a midi as a raw serial port. The question is, does it think that it's UART or an mpu... > I have copied KCS, Sonix, and DeluxeMusic over to UAE and they run just > fine. I tried a previous Amiga emulator called Amithlon and QNX (RTOS), > but it couldn't provide a properly syncrhonized timer for the music S/W. > > As much as I appreciate UAE, I REALLY would prefer NATIVE music + MIDI > capabilities either under FreeBSD or a new AmigaPPC, if such an animal > ever gets to 'see the light of day'. NO - I won't touch M$! Native support will come first since UAE would use it. If it treats it as a uart, then it should be doable now. --Mat -- Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? Pinky: Well, I think so Brain, but if we didn't have ears, we'd look like weasels.