Performa MIDI Help

[Jason K]

Gotta upgrade to 7.5.1 to get the Reset Serial App installed. "It just goes to show ya. It's always somethin'."

 

[Jason K]

Can't find a 7.5.1 updater. I have the 7.5.3 updater, but it won't work without a previous 7.5.0, 7.5.1 or 7.5.2. So I need to find a way to get from 7.1 to 7.5.1 somehow. I've been looking for hours. Found alot of dead links and 7.5.3's, so I'm going to bed. G'night.

 

[Paralel]

Sounds like when I was looking for a decent, complete copy of System 7 Pro.

 

[Jason K]

With much help and support, 3 Macs, 2 Zip Drives, a flash drive and even a floppy, I'm sunk. Still get the "port in use" error. Got an app called Port Peep that says the port is available. I'm thinking this isn't even possible anymore. Any serial-to-midi, USB-to-midi things anyone has had success with? Or an otherwise way to write data onto the flash card?

 

[Bunsen]

It's definitely possible Despair not. Find that serial fixer thingy (I only wish I could remember the name, sorry)

Did you try searching?

 

[Bunsen]

Move Appletalk connection to Ethernet.

 

[Jason K]

My Appletalk is currently inactive, and my old Performa doesn't feature an Ethernet port. Only serial printer, serial modem, serial keyboard and SCSI. The Port Peek app did have a force open and force close feature, but that didn't change anything. I'm wondering if you're thinking of the "Reset Serial Channel" application. I did find it, but it's not even opening, I only get an error type -192, which I understand to be a 'resource not found' error.

Egad, thou hast re-stoked my eternal flame of Mac hope, yet I'm still stuck...I shall forge on...<...brave, brave Sir Robin...>

Feel free to pelt me with nuggets of wisdom at your leisure....

Jason K

 

[Jason K]

IGNORANCE IS BLISS. I decided to force the serial port open/closed another time. Set up a new OMS profile but still got the same message. "Serial Port in use by another application."

So, I did what any self-respecting Macophile would do...I decided to ignore it. Went to SoundBridge loaded up my file, and whaddaya know. It's working.

I don't know why the error message comes up, maybe port is in use by another application other than the modem? Maybe port is in use by OMS (thank you Captain-Mac-Obvious)?

I don't know why...and frankly, I don't care...my Mac is doing what I knew it could...delivering the goods.

Thank you to beachycove, Graham Hinton, QuadSix50, Paralel and Kallikak.

In the godsend category, thanks to ppuskari. Your empathy and assistance were nothing short of miraculous.

A Mac-tacular thanks goes out to your friend and mine...Bunsen!

He stuck with me through it all. Never giving up. Never without creative input. My guardian angel of tech-support. If it wasn't for Bunsen, I would have put my Mac back in storage and given up.

Bunsen, I don't see myself coming down under anytime soon, but I vow to buy a Fosters for our local Aussie in your honor.

I know I'm not at the Academy Awards™...but I've seen too many forums where things just trail off. No acknowledgement. No thanks.

So to all who maintain and contribute to this forum....

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Jason K

 

[Bunsen]

Eww, Fosters. We don't drink that stuff, just export it to less discerning beer markets

But you're welcome. Mine's a Cooper's Green thanks Glad to hear you got it working finally.

 

[Jason K]

Nebraska...Australian for "Less Discerning"