On September 1, Glen Goodwin wrote:
> Being a musician, this conjures up all sorts of ideas for using computer
> sounds to make music. I have a recording studio hung off my main
> non-classic box, so I can add this to my List of Unfinished Projects. Some
> useable sounds might be:
>
> (printers, of course)
> hard drive spinup & chatter
> crt charge & discharge
> floppy drive stepper motors
> ps fans
> cpu cooling fans
> cd drives (opening, closing, and spinning)
> scanner sounds
> tape drives
> ASR 33s
> PAC readers
> card readers
>
> So what did I miss (classic or non)?
There is the well-known software package for DEC's pdp8/e (and
perhaps other -8 models) that makes quite reasonable music from a
nearby AM radio, if memory serves the "interference" was generated by
the core memory drivers...you took the chassis cover off, put an AM
radio near the machine, ran the program, gave it a "song" file, and
away it played.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Received on Fri Aug 31 2001 - 23:13:53 BST