One of the many technical aspects of MIDI that is often confusing for those wishing to get into the details is how the connectors work. The many books available on MIDI aren’t much help. Everyone knows that MIDI only travels one way across cabling and that’s why there are both MIDI IN and OUT jacks. Since it travels one way, with one stream of data, MIDI is called a serial connection. Being a serial connection, only one of the five pins on the connector actually transmits

One of my personal frustrations with technology textbooks is that they very often contain inaccuracies. Not only technology textbooks, but textbooks in general often contain inaccuracies - especially textbooks that contain what are purported to be historical facts. Authors and publishers are often persuaded to change "facts" to suit political/corporate interests. Whenever conflicting historical stories are encountered, it becomes the responsibility of the student/learner/info