[jazzplusplus-devel] Questions about MPU-401 & Jazz++

[D.B. M. <db...@ho...>]

Greetings,

First of, let me state that I have -never- used mpu-401 at all.  I have seen 
one Roland unit, in a shop, a long long time ago. The pricetag was scary
if memory serves me correctly...

Does anyone still use this transport? 

I've already mentioned this...historically poised....in the htdocs recently
added. I recall this being 'a way to make the PC into a music synthesizer' 
- one of those routes was via the soundcard gameport that was running
in MPU-401 (uart??) mode....and then my memory goes all grey. As I 
remember, the one and only example of this stuff I saw, came with it's
own interface card..ISA bus I think.....and if I *really* push the grey matter,
I think I recall seeing some hardware about once...a kit or a hack or cable
wiring particulars....perhaps it was an opto-coupler box that brokeout
to MIDI ports.......does any of this sound familiar to anyone?

Is this going to be implemented in the new Jazz++ code?

If mpu-401 isn't going to be there, this is mostly discussion, and helps
me get the docs all nice, right and straight. On that point, in jazz.tex
a section reads;

JAZZ++'s native MPU-401 midi driver (requires an intelligent-mode MPU-401
interface-card)


My ever wandering research found ;


With computers becoming more powerful, the features offered in "intelligent mode" 
have become obsolete, as implementing them in the host system's software became
 more efficient. As a result, the UART mode became the dominant mode of operation,
with many clones not supporting the "intelligent mode" at all.

...and further to that, I found ;

MPU401 support is no longer included in Windows Vista, but is still supported by
 Linux and Mac OS X.


I was under the impression MPU-401 was dead...?....

Understand, this is all to do with me making sure the documentation is up-to-date
and accurate....and obviously, why include such support in Jazz++ if this 
particular MIDI related system is deprecated and no longer in use in the real world.


As usual, comments, knowledge and any clarity with this would help me here...


Regards,

Donald B
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