oldschooldaw.com
Audio & MIDI => MIDI Interfaces => midi - Parallel (PC) => Topic started by: G40 on December 17, 2017, 12:28:33 PM
-
For Windows 3.1/95/98/98SE/WinME but not compatible with XP
(http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4908.0;attach=6527;image)
Trying to install this on my Win98SE machine and can't find the right driver. Downloaded the recommended one from the midiman / m-audio website but as far as I can tell it's for another interface (PC/P), and seems to be missing files.
I'm going to keep digging online but would appreciate any leads!
-
These:
http://www.treiberupdate.de/treiber-download/download-45729-treiber-MIDIMAN-Portman2x4Parallelport-MIDI-Interface2MIDIEin.html
Don't work... they look like they contain the right driver, but pointing windows to the inf file provided results in the PCS (serial port) driver being installed
-
Downloaded the recommended one from the midiman / m-audio website but as far as I can tell it's for another interface (PC/P), and seems to be missing files.
Turns out it wasn't missing files. In fact, I had failed to copy a couple of hidden files.
I still haven't managed to get it to work though. I'm pretty sure it's the wrong driver - doesn't seem to support more than a single in and out port (which is correct for the PC/P, but not the 2x4).
-
Still no luck finding the right drivers for this.
-
hey i didnt notice that there was no driver available for this interface
i will try to help track them down
please see this thread:
http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php/topic,2757
-
http://web.archive.org/web/20010616013809/http://www.midiman.net:80/download/drivers/port2x4.exe
download this file
its most likely compatible with windows 95 only though, because its from 1996
it might work with win98se..
make sure you set your parallel port to EPP mode in the bios
(http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4908.0;attach=5952;image)
seems to be driver version 3.1
(http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4908.0;attach=5954;image)
-
I have one of these, works on Win98se just fine but not on XP. I have the cd that comes with the unit, I will upload the entire contents for all to get. The cd contains many more drivers, manuals, here's from the readme.txt file:
Midiman Drivers CD Folder Contents
The drivers are categorized by Series Folders, then by Operating System.
Operating System Acronyms
W9X for Windows 95/98/
ME for Windows ME
W2K for Windows 2000
NT for Windows NT
MAC for Macintosh
Biport 2X4
Dman Series
Dman
Dman PCI
Dman 2044
Delta Series
Delta 1010
Delta 66
Delta 44
Delta AudioPhile 2496
Delta Dio 2496
Lagoon
MidiLink
MidiSport Series
MidiSport 1X1
MidiSport 2X2
MidiSport 4X4
MidiSport 8X8
Portman Series
Portman PCP
Portman PCS
Portman 4X4
Portman 2X4
Winman Series
Winman 1X1
Winman 2X2
Winman 4X4
-
thank you for your assistance Shiney!
i have the winman 4x4 and the portman 4x4/s
both of which came with 3.5" diskettes not cds for the drivers
-
If anyone is still interested, I have what I believe to be the original W95 & W98 combined driver set.
I believe I bought my 2x4 in 99.
The .inf and w98 files are dated Oct98.
I also have an XP version which worked in my (then) setup.
ATB, JTL.
-
Hello,
is there a link to some win 3.x drivers for this interface by any chance?
-
is there a link to some win 3.x drivers for this interface by any chance?
You can get the old drivers and manuals from the Midiman Germany website backup at webarchive.org
https://web.archive.org/web/20021216082704/http://www.midiman.de/d_port.htm
The attached pm24_20.exe can be opened with 7-Zip or WinRAR.
-
W2K for Windows 2000
it says the portman 2x4 has a windows 2000 driver.. then that probably would work on XP? wouldnt it? 8)
https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/FAQ/en403989?retURL=%2Fpkb%2Farticles%2Fen_US%2Ffaq%2Fen400445&popup=true
but this page says
The Portman series is not supported under Windows 2000 or XP.
so the win2k W2k dir must be for something else other than the portman
-
Hi all :)
This is what i believe to be the XP driver.
The file is dated 23July2005.
I still have an XP setup, so when I have chance, I'll try to find my 2x4 and see if it works.
I recall I changed to Opcode and Miditerminal ... for greater I/O ... and possibly, for more stable sysex.
Looking back, it's hard to believe how costly such interfaces were.
ATB, jtl
-
i have a portman 4x4 but not 2x4
i checked the files int he archive that you posted and they are dated from 1996..
so theres no way thats an XP driver.. its just a win95-win98 driver
windows xp didnt get released untill after 9/11
the date has to be after October 2001 for it to be a real XP driver
but thank you for your efforts
-
Thanks Chris :)
Sincere apologies ...
I can't imagine how I came to wrongly label the original folder as "XP" ... though I surely recall there were beta XP drivers for the Portmans ... somewhere ... :)
Thereafter, I changed to Opcode 64x & Miditerminal 4140/MTS64 on-going.
I abandoned Opcode for sysx problems with the beta XP driver; though, I still have my pair of 64x.
I've long used ESI/Miditerminal which I've found very reliable and good vfm. XP drivers are still available at ESI archive. My fave is the AT010 pci which affords TDIF/R-Bus, ADAT/SPDif & MIDI ... 7ms latency ... near RME spec.
I also have a DR G 6400 which runs driverless via gameport. It has onboard Roland GS compatible. Most MPU401 gameport cards work. I use it in Win 7. Such as C-media still support cheap pci gameport soundcards with Win 7 drivers.
FYI: I've just 'found' my ESI WaMi Box PCMCIA which I used in XP with both a laptop and via desktop PCI-PCMCIA card. I'll never use this again so you can have it for your collection, if you pay shipping. I can no longer test it. It worked properly last time I used it, c 2010. XP drivers/utility are available at ESI.
ATB, jtl.
-
its possbile someone figured out how to get it to work with the old driver...
but the portman series never got a real xp driver or 64bit windows driver as far as i know?
-
Yes, I think that's the truth.
There are usually some good techs on the inside that keep such a product going; at least, for their own benefit. Usually, their mods filter out through the forums. I guess I found something that worked and lost it. I've searched through all my Midiman archive and some of the 2x4 inf's seem to have been modified. Without closely examining every file I can't add more.
Incidentally, the best inside tech I've encountered (TekkHedd) saved my much-loved SeaSound for useful work to this day, by writing XP drivers after Oberheim ended production. He did so as a genuine project hoping for proper support ... which never came.
I owe him a beer ... :)
Is he here ?
-
thats kind of similar to why i started THIS site.. because i got ripped off buying a mackie onyx-i mixer thinking it would be able to run pro tools m-powered 8 so i bought the software seperately and was left with a combination of gear/software that was incompatible after being assured that it was.... that combined with the general overall lack of consistant proper support by any of the audio companies except for maybe motu
-
It's one of my fave sites ... Thanx again Chris :)
I had some bad experience too ... worst, being suckered into a VS1680ex at launch for a ridiculous 2k+ sum, with CDRW extra 400+, 2nd FX board likewise, plus a 4Gb HD for another 400 ... only to later find I needed to upgrade the Fw ... and having been led to believe from the outset I could connect it via SCSI to any PC ... I even bought the Datasonics software for another chunk ... and used it only a handful ... :)
Within a short while I was so disappointed by its inaccesibility and relatively poor quality I put it all out of mind in the loft (still there). Worse, I still grieve I traded my fave Beyer M500 ribbon to raise the cash.
On-going since, I've been quite fortunate, unlike a pal that bought one of the first DB8's for 15k and suffered endlessly for years.
My mainstays are classic RME and Mixtreme. Remarkably, both were supported to Win 7. RME only 32bit, but Mixtreme 192 64bit by SSL.
I'm very happy at that level. I'm never going to support "Windows as a service". I'm ruling out W10/11+ forever. I'm done with MS intrusive evolution.
I'm planning a project studio around XP/Win7 ...
Finding the right system boards with several PCI slots is hard.
Where's best to post info/suggestion requests in here ?
-
http://web.archive.org/web/19981207012951/http://www.midiman.net:80/drivers.htm
drivers dated from 1997 here