The following text is a construction article for building your own MIDI
interface for the Commodore 64 or Commodore 128 cartridge port.  If you are
used to building digital electronic projects, you should be able to put one
together in a few days for about $25 worth of parts.  However, this is not
a project for the inexperienced - wiring this circuitry onto a board small
enough to fit into a cartridge case requires a good eye, a steady hand, and
a lot of patience.

If you don't even know what a MIDI interface is, it means Musical Instrument
Digital Interface, and is used to communicate with MIDI capable musical
instruments.  MIDI is an electronic music industry standard.  The C64 was
one of the first computers to be used extensively for MIDI applications.

Don't even think of downloading this file to your C64, there is absolutely
no reason to do so, since it is just a text file that you can print on your
local host, and besides it contains lots of characters that aren't even on
some Commodore compatible printers.  When you print this out, make sure you
allow a full 66 lines per printer page in order to fit the schematic on one
page by itself.

Following the construction article is a PostScript program which you can send
to an Apple Laser Writer (or any PostScript compatible printer) to get a really
high quality printout of the construction schematic.  But don't fret if you
don't have access to one of these - the ASCII version of the schematic below
is quite servicable.

If you do build this MIDI interface, or simply buy one, be sure to look for
my package "The MIDI-SID CONNECTION", to be uploaded to the UXMAZE server soon.
I will also entertain the idea of uploading other public domain MIDI software
if there is enough interest.  Just let me know.

Sincerely,
Frank Prindle
Prindle@NADC.navy.mil


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               ____ COMMODORE 64 TRI-STANDARD MIDI INTERFACE              
              |xtal|                                       .----------.
   *----------|-||-|----------*         *------------------|11      14|----<+5V
   |      2Mhz|____|          |         |                  |  74LS293 |
   |                          |         |               *--|4   12   7|----*   
   *--\/\/\--*      *--\/\/\--*         |               |  '----------'    |
   |    2.2K |      |    2.2K |         |    15    1    |        |         |
   |  |\     |      |  |\     |  |\     *-----@    @    @        *---------*
   |  | \    |  ||  |  | \    |  | \    |          |   16                  |
   *--|  >o--*--||--*--|  >o--*--|  >o--*     *----*                       V
      | /  500pf||     | /       | /          |    |     *---<+5V         GND
      |/               |/        |/         Rx|  Tx|     |
                                           CLK| CLK|  Vcc|
                +5V>-----*----\/\/\---*     .--------------.
                         |     270    |     | 3    4    12 | ___    ___
MIDI-IN DIN Jack     .-------.        |     |             7|-IRQ--->IRQ (Pin 4)
 5<>--------------*--|2  6   |        |     |              |
                  |  |      4|--------*--Rx-|2           10|-CS1------------@14
 2<>--N/C   diode V  |  PC-  |          DATA|              |
                 --- |  900  |              |            11|-RS---->A0  (Pin Y)
            220   |  |      5|------*       |              |   _
 4<>-------\/\/\--*--|1      |      |       |            13|-R/W------------@12
                     '-------'      V       |     6850     |
                                   GND      |     ACIA   14|-E----->02  (Pin E)
                      /|       /|           |              |
MIDI-OUT DIN Jack    / |      / |           |            15|-D7---->D7 (Pin 14)
 5<>----\/\/\------o<  |----o<  |--------Tx-|6           16|-D6---->D6 (Pin 15)
         220         \ |      \ |       DATA|            17|-D5---->D5 (Pin 16)
 2<>---*              \|       \|           |            18|-D4---->D4 (Pin 17)
       |                                    |            19|-D3---->D3 (Pin 18)
       V                                    |            20|-D2---->D2 (Pin 19)
      GND   220                 |\          |            21|-D1---->D1 (Pin 20)
 4<>-------\/\/\---<+5V         | \         |            22|-D0---->D0 (Pin 21)
                            *---|  >o-*-CS0-|8             |
                            |   | /   |     | 9   5 1 23 24|
        |\                  |   |/    |     '--------------'
        | \             |   |         @       |   | | |  |
A6 <----|  >o-----------|2  |         4   @---*   *-*-*--*-------*
(Pin S) | /             |   |            11  ___  _   _ ___      |
        |/   |\         |   |                CS2  R V D CTS      V
             | \        |   |                     T s C         GND
A5 <---------|  >o------|1  |                     S s D    
(Pin T)      | /        |   |       
        |\   |/         |   *-----*   
        | \             |--_      |                       6@------->A1 (Pin X)
A4 <----|  >o-----------|3  \     |                                            
(Pin U) | /             | 74 \  8 |                       2@------->A2 (Pin W)
        |/   |\         |LS30 |o--*                                            
             | \        |    /                            3@------->A3 (Pin V) 
 @-----------|  >o------|12 /                                         _        
13           | /        |---                              5@------->R/W (Pin 5)
        |\   |/         |                                                      
___     | \             |                    
IO1<----|  >o-----------|11            NOTES:
(Pin 7) | /             |              1. All inverter/buffers are (1/6)74LS366
        |/  +5V         |                 with pins 1, 8, and 15 grounded; pin
             ^      *---|4                16 supplied with +5V. 2 chips needed.
             |      |   |              2. A .01 uf bypass capacitor from Vcc to
+5V<---------*------*---|5                GND at each chip is not a bad idea.
(Pin 2)             |   |              3. The PC900 optoisolator available from
                    *---|6                MIX Bookshelf, 6400 Hollis St. #12,
        7   GND     |   |                 Emeryville, CA 94608; price $3.00 PP.
        @    ^      *---|14(Vcc)       4. All (Pin #) numbers refer to the C64
        |    |          |                 cartridge port connector CN6.
GND<----*----*----------|7 (GND)       5. All @ symbol numbers refer to pins on
(Pin 1)                 |                 a 16-pin personality select socket.


This interface must be configured for a particular standard by plugging
jumpers (or a jumpered DIP header) into the personality socket.  The jumpers
required for each standard are as follows:

    Passport Standard        Sequential Standard        Siel/JMS Standard
    -----------------        -------------------        -----------------
         1 - 16                    1 - 16                     1 - 15
         3 - 14                    4 - 14                     2 - 14
         2 - 13                    3 - 13                     3 - 13
         5 - 12                    6 - 12                     6 - 12
         6 - 11                    2 - 11                     7 - 11


To add a MIDI-THRU output jack, it will be necessary to add another 74LS366
chip, since two more inverters are required.  Simply connect the output from
pin 4 of the PC900 optoisolator to the following circuit in addition to pin
2 of the 6850:
                                                    
                      /|       /|    
MIDI-THRU DIN Jack   / |      / |    
 5<>----\/\/\------o<  |----o<  |--------- from pin 4 of PC900
         220         \ |      \ |
 2<>---*              \|       \|
       |
       V
      GND   220
 4<>-------\/\/\---<+5V


A 6N138 optoisolator is the only acceptable substitute for the PC900.  It is
available from retail parts distributors such as Active Electronics.  Its pin-
out is different:
                      PC900 Pin         Corresponding 6N138 Pin
                         1                         2
                         2                         3
                         4                         6
                         5                         5
                         6                         8

Radio-Shack optoisolators are not an acceptible substitute!

Resist the temptation to ground the outer shell contact of any DIN jack, or
pin 2 of the MIDI-IN DIN jack.  Doing so violates the MIDI standard and can
cause all sorts of ground-loop problems depending on the cables used.  The
MIDI interface sold by DATEL has this flaw.

Please consult the Motorola MC6850 Data Sheets for details on programming the
6850.  As you can see, all three interface standards are very similar.  The
differences are in the frequency of the 6850 clock and the addressing of the
6850 registers.  These differences are summarized in the following table:

                                 Siel/JMS      Passport     Sequential
 Control Register Address          DE04          DE08          DE00
 Transmit Data Register Address    DE05          DE09          DE01
 Status Register Address           DE06          DE08          DE02
 Receive Data Register Address     DE07          DE09          DE03
 Master Chip Reset Command          03            03            03
 Enable Xmit/Rcv Command            16            15            15
 Enable Xmit/Rcv + Rcv Interrupt    96            95            95
 Enable Xmit/Rcv + Xmit Interrupt   36            35            35
 Enable Xmit/Rcv + Both Interrupts  B6            B5            B5


One final note: any software package which uses the "smart" features of a
specific interface (i.e. it's on-board clock(s), tape/drum sync, foot switch
interfaces, etc.) will probably not work unmodified with this simple MIDI
(UART only) interface.  However, a vast majority of public-domain S/W will
work fine as long as the standard supported is one of the 3 above and the
hardware and software standards match.  Also beware that the Siel/JMS
standard (also DATEL) is the LEAST likely to be supported by software in
the U.S. (Passport is perhaps the MOST supported, with Sequential running a
close second).

Sincerely,
Frank Prindle
Prindle@NADC.arpa

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389 529 moveto 1 -1 scale (T) show 1 -1 scale
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$F2psEnd

Due to the overwhelming response I received when I mentioned that I had
once built a MIDI interface for a Commodore 64, I thought it would be best
if I posted this information:

The May 1986 issue of Electronic Musician magazine has a how-to article on
how to build a MIDI interface for the C64. (I built mine before this article
was published, and haven't tried it.)  The interface uses a Vector Electronics 
37695-1DP Plugboard proto board, modified to fit into the expansion slot of the
C64.  A 7474 D flipflop is used to divide  the C64's 1 MHz "phase two"
clock down to 500 MHz, which is fed to the RX and TX clock inputs of a 
6850 ACIA, which provides the UART functions.  The unbuffered phase two clock
is fed to the phase two input of the UART.  The rest of the circuit is
pretty much out of the MIDI spec.  Here are the expansion slot pin assignments:
(* = NOT)
pin#	name on 6850:	name on C64:
4	*IRQ		*IRQ
7	*CS2		*I/O 1
X	R/W		A1
Y	RS		A0
14	D7		D7
15	D6		D6
16	D5		D5
17	D4		D4
18	D3		D3
19	D2		D2
20	D1		D1
21	D0		D0
2			+5V
3			+5V (paralleled with pin 2)
22			Gnd
A			Gnd (paralleled)

There are basically two de-facto standards for MIDI interfaces on the C64.
The original was by Seqential Circuits.  I have no information on that.
The later one was by Passport Designs.  That interface used a
6850 ACIA chip, with its registers at addresses: 56840 (control)
and 56841 (data), decimal.  There was also a 6840 programmable timer
onboard, and here are its addresses:
56832	control register 1
56833	control register 2
56834	High byte timer 1
56835	Low byte timer 1
56836	High byte timer 2
56837	Low byte timer 2
56838 	High byte timer 3 (RESERVED)
56839	Low byte timer 3 (RESERVED)

There was also a drum sync circuit, which I know very little about.  I guess
it was a set-reset latch:
56880	Drum sync SET
56888	Drum sync CLEAR

For more information on these chips, look at their datasheets.

Now, don't start writing me for a lot of more specific information about the
MIDI interface.  I suggest that anyone attempting to build their own C64
interface get a copy of the "Commodore 64 programmer's reference guide,"
which is what I worked out of (I no longer have this book, having sold it
along with my C64 years ago).  It contains address maps, schematics, and other
information you'll find handy for the C64.  In addition, get a copy of the 
MIDI 1.0 Specification.  It has schematics for the interface side of the
UART, plus the information you'll need to write MIDI software.  It can be
purchased from the International Midi Association.  The last address I had
for them is probably out of date (anybody know a newer address?), but, for
what it's worth, it's:

The International MIDI Association
8426 Vine Valley Drive
Sun Valley, CA 91352
(213)768-7448


This should be enough background information for a technical type to be able
to build a Passport-compatible C64 MIDI interface.  (By the way, mine wasn't
compatible with anything, since, when I built it, I had no idea what parts
had been used by Passport or Sequential.  Oh well...)

Good luck!
                 - Jim Smith  smithj@hpsad.sad.hp.com
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