Amigamidirecieve – Transfer File From Any OS to Amiga via Midi

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doener

18 points

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RetrocomputingAmigaMidi

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Retrocomputing

Amiga

Midi

A GitHub project allows transferring files to an Amiga computer via MIDI, sparking enthusiasm among retrocomputing enthusiasts and discussion about potential applications and limitations.

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empressplay

3 months ago

2 replies

We have the how, but now we need to discover the why?

bogantech

3 months ago

Especially since you could just use the serial port

aduty

3 months ago

Because some people want to watch the world burn.

zimpenfish

3 months ago

2 replies

Doing this on an Atari ST was our "introduction to 68000 assembly" back in 92-93 (probably because the MIDI port was convenient and also it was either an ST or some variety of Sun <=3.) Was one of the better courses in my first year of CS (the competition was formal methods, Oracle-in-Pascal, Prolog, or hardware.)

kristianp

3 months ago

1 reply

Unusual to have access to Oracle in a first year CS course.

zimpenfish

3 months ago

To be fair, in '92, there weren't many options for teaching databases.

LennyHenrysNuts

3 months ago

I was on my way here to bring up the Atari ST and it's inbuilt MIDI ports but you beat me to it.

AfterHIA

3 months ago

This is the kind of thing I've always thought, "man you could totally do this if you needed to" and you did and here take your damned upvote. Rock on doener.

rasz

3 months ago

Very convenient for Amiga since not a single model came with Midi port ... :)

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