Doepfer

> This is a long shot, I realise, but... does anybody here have the
> A-112's DOS program, A112SDL.EXE, up and running, outputting to a
> physical MIDI device, and on top of that, have a second computer
> with physical MIDI?
>
> I'm on OS X, and so far I've tried A112SDL.EXE in DOSBox and
> VMWare.  In both instances it appears to work just fine, but I
> can't figure out where the data's being sent.  Certainly not my
> breakout box...
>
> What I could do with is for someone to load a few .wav files into
> A112SDL.EXE (I can provide several for this purpose, as I need to
> compare the originals to what gets sent), get it to send them out
> via MIDI, attach their computer's MIDI out to their other
> computer's MIDI in, and dump the data.  C6 is just fine for the
> latter, and a free download.
>
> I'd be happy to talk anyone through this process via e-mail
> offlist, it jut needs to be someone with two computers that both
> have old fashioned hardware MIDI, one of which definitely has
> A112SDL.EXE up and running and outputting to the hardware MIDI port.
>
> Otherwise I'll have to buy or borrow an old DOS machine with a
> SoundBlaster card and joystick port to regular MIDI out adapter
> like the old days, which is sort of a step backwards in my studio. :)
>
> Thanks!
> Zoë.

I'd suggest to contact Christian Assall (software@doepfer.de). He programmed
the firmware of the A-112 module (not the DOS program) and knows details
about the Sysex file structure and other things.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer