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Article #33849Re: Midi Cables
From: tom erbe
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1988 20:14
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1988 20:14
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Robert.Lisowski@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG (Robert Lisowski) writes:
<I use Radio Shack cat # 42-2151 ($4.99) six foot DIN patch cords as MIDI
<cables. They are 5 pin, and each pin is independent, just fine for
<MIDI cables. Of course, if you need longer cables, you can buy the
<connectors alone, but the 5 conductor shielded wire is not available
<at Radio Shack.
MIDI cables only need to have 2 wires and a shield. Connect the shield to
pin 2 and the other two wires to pin 5 and and pin 4. Also, the numbering
on DIN connectors is rather unusual, but the numbers are usually on the
connector itself.
tom erbe-technical director-center for contemporary music-mills college
tom@mills.berkeley.edu -or- tom@jif.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!Mills!tom From: tom@Mills.berkeley.edu (tom erbe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Midi Cables Message-ID: <13748@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 30 Aug 88 20:14:11 GMT References: <35.2317D326@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: tom@Mills.UUCP (tom erbe) Organization: Mills College, Oakland, CA Lines: 13