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From: max@alias.com (Max Stevens-Guille)
Subject: Re: Looking for low-cost wireless data link
Message-ID: <1993Feb18.192739.25415@alias.com>
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Organization: Alias Research, Inc. Toronto Canada
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1993 19:27:39 GMT
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Regarding all those looking for wireless digital links.  Has anyone
exprimented with wire-less MIDI devices?  MIDI is a 31.250Kbps current
loop serial interface popular with musicians.  

MIDI is relatively easy to interface to.  I've written code for a Z8 
that uses the on-chip serial port driven by a clock 
divided down from 8MHz.  31.250k (~4k bytes/second) should be high
enough for everything but real-time video/imaging.

I have not had the funds yet to fool around with wire-less MIDI.  I've
seen adds in the back of Electronic Musician.  I think a xmitter/receiver
runs around $250.

Just a thought,
	Max
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Max Stevens-Guille, Research & Development    
Alias Research Inc., 110 Richmond St. East, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5C 1P1
max@alias.com, voice: (416) 362-9181, fax: (416) 362-0630    
