🚀 go-pugleaf

Jocelyn Lavin <jocelyn@wardle.NOSPAM.demon.PLEEEASE!.co.uk> wrote:

> I've just bought a MIDI keyboard, and the midi interface has to be plugged
> into either the modem port or the printer port on the Mac. Naturally, I
> already have a modem and a printer plugged into these ports, and was
> resigned to forever unplugging leads, till a PC-owning friend told me about
> port splitters, i.e. devices to enable 2 leads to be plugged into the same
> port. Do such things exist for the Mac, and if so, where could I get one
> and how much might it cost?

Gordon Harwood Computers are listing:

Two Port Juggler - 2 extra ports, 8 Pin Macs (not PPCs) �55
Four Port Juggler - extra ports, 9 Pin PowerMacs        �119

They're on 01773 836781 fax 01773 831040 email info@ghc.co.uk

Other dealers no doubt flog similar stuff; shop around.

Note that MIDI hardware might not like being on a software-switched
switcher, and may be happier with an
old-fashioned-turn-the-knob-hardware switcher. You may also face
extension conflicts, especially if you're running fax software. It's
worth experimenting with which devices you put on which ports, and what
extension sets you use for which sets of hardware.

If Apple made a machine with three or four MIDI ports I'm sure they'd
sell more than a few to musicians.

-- 
Mark Etherington @ London UK
mark@roxley.demon.co.uk