Date sent: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 19:28:32 -0500
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From: "David Williams" <dlw_at_trailingedge.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Yamaha system question
> I was looking through a store the other day and saw a Yamaha
> CX5M (I think) Music Computer. It had an MSX in one corner so I
> guess it was a child of that standard attempt. There was also a
> MIDI module on it but no storage device, docs, etc. There is a port
> for a monitor and one for a cassette drive but of course I wouldn't
> know the pin outs to make a cable. Does anyone know anything
> about this system or have any thing on it they could tell me? I'm
> thinking about picking it up but haven't made up my mind yet.
>
> Thanks.
>
It's an early MIDI sequencer that came out right at the same time as the DX-7
synth did. It was, IIRC, designed to allow basic tracking and editing of
sequences.
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware_at_laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
Received on Sun Aug 30 1998 - 23:16:42 BST