TECH: miditext 98

Subject: miditext 98
From: fleetwood
Date: 16 Aug 02 - 10:00 PM

Please could someone tell me where I could obtain a download of MidiText 98 as all the links I have tried seem to fail. Thankyou in anticipation - Fleetwood

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Aug 02 - 11:13 PM

Click here.
I got the address from an old MidiText text file I'd done. The URL that comes up with the older version of the program is a dead one.

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Aug 02 - 05:38 AM

Last time I tried it, this one worked. I usually try to remember to paste it at the bottom of any posts of miditext:

The link posted above is part of the program, but no longer works. Mudcat Users may download the free MIDIText here.

John

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 17 Aug 02 - 05:40 AM

For those who'd like to make notes, the URL is

http://miditext.8m.net/miditext.html

John

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: fleetwood
Date: 17 Aug 02 - 09:35 PM

thankyou for such a speedy response

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Aug 02 - 09:51 PM

Small quibble, but John you posted the same link I did, which I tried before I posted it.

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Aug 02 - 09:53 PM

...now I just need to go to remedial sentence-writing school!

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Aug 02 - 11:08 PM

Well, I DID get to the page but didn't try downloading MidiText because I already had it. It's not there...gone...POOF, so you can't download it. It's 69KB zipped. If you want me to send it as an attachment fleetwood, e-mail me.

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Aug 02 - 02:16 AM

Jeri -

Same link, sure enough. I meant to suggest that people who post a miditext might want to copy my little statement to tack on to the bottom, so that those who don't have it will have a good link when they're thinking about it.

John

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 18 Aug 02 - 02:42 AM

The links above get to the right page, but the "download software" button didn't seem to work.

When I entered the same page from the "LINKS" thread, I got a successful hookup and download.

http://miditext.8m.net/ is the correct URL, and I got another copy of the .exe successfuly downloaded.

If it wasn't a temporary glitch on the miditext page, maybe its just the net-goddess playing pranks.

For future reference: the site is currently listed in the "LINKS" PermaThread, category "MIDI."

John

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 19 Aug 02 - 02:00 AM

Back to HTML school. Maybe the clones will remove the previous post, which should have been:

The link that Jeri and I posted used to work, but doesn't any more. That link was to:

http://miditext.8m.net/miditext.html

The link that does work is a step back from that, at:
http://miditext.8m.net/

GET MIDITEXT HERE

The correct (current as of today, August 19, 2002) link is in the LINKS PermaThread.

As in my above mangled attempt, I'd suggest that anyone posting a MidiText file add a line to the effect of:

You can now get MidiText <a href="http://miditext.8m.net/">HERE</a>.

If you copy the above line (if my html worked) and paste it as plain text in your word processor, you should be able to paste it back into a mudcat post and get a good clicky(??)

John

Subject: RE: miditext 98
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 19 Aug 02 - 02:51 AM

I did successfully download the MidiText.exe file from the "GET MIDITEXT HERE" clicky in my previous post, although the site is a little "twitchy."

There be popups there - and if you click on the "download program" button while the first popup is loading, it may "freeze" things. A "refresh" should get you back in place. My scan after visiting the site did not show any of the "ad-trace" cookies, or other nasties, so apparenty what you get is merely annoying - a small price to pay for having a friend on an accessible site.

John