Dreamcast sega dreamcast midi cable

[QUAKE]

here are pictures of pcb, help identifying ICs?

 

[John [FR]]

P1 > https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvth244a.pdf (Texas Instruments [TI] SN74LVTH244A)
P5 > https://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datas.../74LS05/+_W_9uplRMROLDdCvR/1NE+/datasheet.pdf (Motorola 74LS05)
P11 > http://www.jst-mfg.com/product/pdf/eng/eZH.pdf (JST-ZH Male 5 Pins)

 

[darcagn]

Thanks John! These are actually pictures I took of my MIDI adapter months ago, but I never got around to identifying everything on the board.

If anyone is interested in replicating the adapter, I can help make a schematic, but I don't really know what's the proper methodology for doing so. I have a multimeter and stuff.

 

[Americandad]

What's it for? Is there any Dreamcast specific software that makes use of it?

 

[darcagn]

Only one title, the Japanese O-to-i-re Dreamcast Sequencer software used it. You can connect a MIDI keyboard and create songs, sort of like a more advanced Mario Paint type of thing.

 

[iiAlexLiveii]

Yes, you could create songs with many of the bundled instruments and also capture directly from musical instruments with midi output. The songs where recorded on the VMU, I tested it a few years ago and recorded a small test.