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In article <12456@dcatla.UUCP> dlmnm@sunc.UUCP (Michael N. Moran) writes:
>On a related topic, I'd like to know if there is a "correct" way to
>setup a serial port to use external clocking.  ...

Most MIDI software expects a 1 MHz external clock on the Mac's HSKi line
(also called Ext Clk or TRxC; pin 2 on the Mini-DIN 8-pin serial port, or
pin 7 on the pre-Mac Plus DB-9 serial port).  This is not a TTL clock; it
must swing both above and below 0 volts.

To convert a TTL clock signal (0-5v) to a bipolar one, Kirk Austin's method
from his October 1985 MacTutor schematic has worked for me.  Couple the
signal capacitatively:
	                        /------------o  to Mac HSKi (-2.5 - +2.5v)
	1MHz TTL clock ----||---+
	                 0.1uF  \---/\/\/---+
	                             1K    _|_ GND (Mini DIN #4, DB-9 #3;
	                                   ///	and TTL circuits' ground)

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