[comp.music] Technical Documentation for Programming the MPU-IPC

curci@ds1.scri.fsu.edu (Raymond Curci) (12/07/90)

     Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of any documentation on the net
describing the internal registers, etc, on the Roland MPU-IPC midi
interface card.  I found some information in the comments of a sample
midi program in C at UCSD.EDU, but this only utilized the "dumb uart"
mode and was lacking much detail.

Thanks in advance.

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walkerd@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (David Walker) (12/07/90)

Roland was kind enough to loan the University a copy of their technical
documentation for the MPU-IPC. What we received was the "MPU-401 Technical
Reference Manual" version 1.5A 5/31/85. They told us that this was the
most recent documentation, and that it usually sells for $20.

As to the quality of the document, it is on a par with Roland's other
manuals. I doubt that I would pay $20 for it. I can't go into too much 
detail, since what I am aiming to do with it will all be done in UART mode.		
Dave