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  From: Sam Silvester <silvest@capri.net.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington <Alan.Kennington@dsto.defence.gov.au>
  Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:35:40 +1030

Re: MIDI cable for 15-pin sound blaster interface

> Outrageous price for MIDI breakout cable would be about $140.
> And that's what it seems is the going price.
> The reason I think it's outrageous price is the fact that my old Atari ST
> had it included for free -- the electronics is not that difficult.

    I think that $140 is a bit steep as I have seen the cables for around $50 -
$70 fully built.
Future Music sell them for about $59 but Brashes used to sell them as well for a
bit less.
    With regard to the electronics, there is a diagram in the back of the Dick
Smiths catalog
that contains all of the pinouts / circutry if you want to build your own. I
wouldn't bother myself,
as the prebuilt cable look a lot neater.
Sam.

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