cozyMIDI - new app that plays std midi files (68k)

[Snial]

That's how the GeeThree Stealth Serial Ports work - they take the serial-port pins that are concealed in the connector for the internal modem and bring them out to a traditional miniDIN-8 port.

Aaaah. So, the internal modem architecture is:

SCC(part of ASIC) ---> ActualTracesOnLogicBoard ----> InternalModemConnector ----> ModemIC ----> Modem Port

I had thought it was something like:

ASICParallelInterface ---> ActualTracesOnLogicBoard ---->InternalModemConnector ----> ModemIC ----> Modem Port

Or

ModemGuts(ASIC) ---> ModemAnalogGlueIC ----> Modem Port

But I understand from your GeeThree G4 Stealth Serial Port PCI slot bracket that you can't use the Modem port and the stealth serial. OTOH, who uses a 56k modem any more ?

 

[Mu0n]

the more this discussion forks all over the place, the less motivated I am to try and support powerpc stuff. I was not my initial intention anyway, lol!

Next version will try to feature:

* printer port (DONE) support
* playlist loading
* information pane/popup on the SMF file

 

[joevt]

the more this discussion forks all over the place, the less motivated I am to try and support powerpc stuff. I was not my initial intention anyway, lol!

I think the point of the discussion was that you don't need to do anything special to support PowerPC stuff if you focus on only supporting the built-in SCC. USB serial port adapters would need more work if they support MIDI.

For printer port support, does your software fail gracefully if the printer port is used by LocalTalk?
For modem port support, does your software fail gracefully if the modem port is used by Z-Term?

Search for Serial at:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/navigation/#section=Platforms&topic=macOS
Here's a couple relevant docs:
https://developer.apple.com/library...rialDriverArbitration/Introduction/Intro.html
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/dv/dv_11.html

I think you're already doing what DV 11 is describing for 128K ROMs and later. You might have an issue with 64K ROMs (Mac 128K, Mac 512K) if your software supports those?

 

[Snial]

the more this discussion forks all over the place, the less motivated I am to try and support powerpc stuff. I was not my initial intention anyway, lol!

Apologies, I wasn't thinking of pushing for B&W G3 support, I was just excited at the possibility of hacking an actual serial modem port on my B&W G3. I'll try and stay on topic!