The question not answered is "does Venthony have a sound card?". Absence of a midi jack on the computer might suggest one of the older machines with a "motherboard business sound" installation.

I'd suggest a quick look at Start - Systems - Multimedia, select the MIDI tab and at least see if anything is there.

Pre-1995 or so, a lot of OEMs put some pretty strange stuff in their machines. Many of them, in the fine print, admit that their MIDI "emulates," but isn't really, one or the other of the popular soundcards.

Even if there is a "useable" OEM system, you are unlikely to get much support from the computer manufacturer. It seems that MIDI and other things musical are not "prime systems" to them.

If you want to get serious about doing something "musical," it may be worth the relatively small investment for an add-on sound card - if only for the sake of actually knowing what you've got to work with.

Advice from a knowledgeable local advisor (if you can find one) is strongly recommended, to at least be sure you have (or get) the required components in your system before you start "throwing new programs" on it.

John