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Old October 27th 19, 12:25 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_3_]
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Default archaeology! MIDI keyboard with joystick interface?

In message , Roger Mills
writes:
On 26/10/2019 21:03, Roger Mills wrote:

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Roger Mills wrote:

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I assume that the keyboard itself has the usual two 5-pin 180 degree
DIN sockets, and that the cable which you have has two DIN plugs at
one end and and a 15-pin D connector at the other end?


No. The _only_ connection to the outside world it has is a _captive_
cable (i. e. comes out of the keyboard), with the 15-pin D connector on
the end of it. It does say on the box that it is definitely MIDI.
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Indeed. I've got about 3 of these USB to MIDI adapters (not identical to
the one I cited, but which do the same job). I bought the first one in
Win XP times - and that came with a CD with the necessary drivers on it
(AND some MIDI sequencing software). The more recent ones have been
Plug-n-Play, and haven't needed external drivers.



Here's an even cheaper one than the one I first cited. No reason why
this wouldn't work - it's certainly worth a punt!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-To-MI...-Cable-Adapter
-Music-Keyboard-Piano-To-PC-Laptop/372710966766?epid=1542423275&hash=ite
m56c74e05ee:g:7osAAOSwmSNdKIlI


There are literally hundreds of those on ebay! (Though they all look
suspiciously similar.)

I have also found ones with _female_ DIN sockets on (like this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STEINBERG...AOSwy~JdrwJ r
alias t.ly/d5l3z), and also gameport-to-(male)DIN cables.
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