PDP8/e /l music compiler

From: Michael Grigoni <msg_at_computerpro.com>
Date: Fri Feb 19 12:57:13 1999

Derek Peschel wrote:
>
> > The music programs for the CDC 160 series, IBM 1620, and others
> > worked well with AM radios, some machines did better on FM (depends
> > on shielding and clock speed). Some systems (eg. CDC 1604, upper and
> > lower 3000, etc.) used the console speaker for better fidelity.
>
> Do you have any information about music programs for the 1620? (The
> Computer Museum History Center is restoring their 1620. I wonder if it will
> be ready by VCF 3.0?)
>
> -- Derek

Sure wish I did; my most vivid memories are of a suite of classical
pieces I heard on a 1620 at Carleton College (Northfield, MN) including
a polyphonic Brandenberg #3.
Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 12:57:13 GMT