From: frustum@pacbell.net (Jim Battle) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: 16 May 2002 21:12:48 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 25 Message-ID: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.125.237.190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1021608768 9479 127.0.0.1 (17 May 2002 04:12:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 May 2002 04:12:48 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107864 I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the noise emitted from the computer. The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct of the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to produce the sounds. Anyway, I finally found an old AM radio and lo and behold, it worked. I've recorded a few seconds of it and put it on my web site dedicated to the Sol computer: http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/sol.html The sample is in 22KHz, 8bit/sample WAV format and in 48 kbps MP3 format. Probably the easiest way to find them is to get to them from the what's new page: http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/solnew.html ###### From: "Charlie Gibbs" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: 17 May 02 11:03:17 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 30 Message-ID: <1183.902T880T6634329@sky.bus.com> References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-917.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!199.106.71.17!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews4 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107734 In article <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca> atbowler@thinkage.ca (Alan T. Bowler) writes: >Jim Battle wrote: > >> I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old >> S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from >> the noise emitted from the computer. >> >> The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is >> Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the >> famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to >> have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct >> of the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to >> produce the sounds. > >The trick long predates S-100 systems. It used to be used with >IBM 1620's. Inspired by the 1620 demo (which I saw... err, heard in 1967), I wrote one for the Univac 9300 in 1971. Mine read note descriptions from a card deck, so I could program it to play whatever tunes I wanted. -- cgibbs@sky.bus.com (Charlie Gibbs) Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply. 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X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 15 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:43:03 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.102.11.4 X-Trace: nnrp1.uunet.ca 1021653782 192.102.11.4 (Fri, 17 May 2002 12:43:02 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:43:02 EDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.uunet.ca!nnrp1.uunet.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107719 Jim Battle wrote: > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > noise emitted from the computer. > > The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is > Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the > famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to > have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct of > the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to > produce the sounds. The trick long predates S-100 systems. It used to be used with IBM 1620's. ###### From: Jim Stewart Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:03:03 -0700 Organization: http://www.jkmicro.com Lines: 32 Message-ID: <6572D6474919ED0C.8EEA68BA4D843CD5.787F33B08EF43ABA@lp.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <3CE537C7.F6D31792@jkmicro.com> References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> Reply-To: jstewart@jkmicro.com Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library1-aux.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Fri May 17 12:00:05 2002 NNTP-Posting-Host: !W\f;1k-VVTs:OFFV&,4AS`+r (Encoded at Airnews!) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal11.airnews.net!cabal1.airnews.net!news-f.iadfw.net!usenet Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107750 Jim Battle wrote: > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > noise emitted from the computer. > > The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is > Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the > famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to > have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct of > the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to > produce the sounds. > > Anyway, I finally found an old AM radio and lo and behold, it worked. > > I've recorded a few seconds of it and put it on my web site dedicated > to the Sol computer: > > http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/sol.html > > The sample is in 22KHz, 8bit/sample WAV format and in 48 kbps MP3 > format. > > Probably the easiest way to find them is to get to them from the > what's new page: > > http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/solnew.html I heard a PDP 8/l play Bach through an AM radio long before S-100 was a glint in Steve's eye. jim ###### From: Steve O'Hara-Smith Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:43:48 +0200 Organization: Wanadoo NL Lines: 14 Message-ID: <20020517194348.1c4ba5f2.steveo@eircom.net> References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: p3312.vwr.wanadoo.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: scavenger.euro.net 1021667797 88469 212.129.224.248 (17 May 2002 20:36:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:36:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.7.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.5) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!news-x2.support.nl!news2.euro.net!news.euronet.nl!ams-gw.sohara.org!nobody Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107834 On Fri, 17 May 2002 12:43:03 -0400 "Alan T. Bowler" wrote: ATB> The trick long predates S-100 systems. It used to be used with ATB> IBM 1620's. I first saw it on an IBM 1130 - tune was a great program that turned an 1130 and an AM radio into a very expensive stylophone :) -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/ ###### From: "Geoffrey G. Rochat" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 14:13:16 -0400 Organization: Sprint Advanced Network Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.244.119.50 X-Trace: news.utelfla.com 1021658564 18482 208.244.119.50 (17 May 2002 18:02:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.utelfla.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 18:02:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed.cgocable.net!news.sprintnetops.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107778 >The trick long predates S-100 systems. It used to be used with >IBM 1620's. Golly, I didn't know anything in a 1620 went *fast* enough to radiate in the AM broadcast band. The hack was commonly pulled in the embedded world, too. A programmer with *way* too much time on his hands at a company I worked at circa 1982 wrote a program that ran on our embedded 6809 systems that played "Daisy" on an AM radio. No, I don't know what happened to the code. ###### Message-ID: <3CE56753.75EB4C27@earthlink.net> From: jchausler X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 47 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:27:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 168.191.123.241 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1021667265 168.191.123.241 (Fri, 17 May 2002 13:27:45 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:27:45 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!5cd49daf!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107757 "Alan T. Bowler" wrote: > Jim Battle wrote: > > > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > > noise emitted from the computer. > > > > The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is > > Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the > > famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to > > have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct of > > the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to > > produce the sounds. > > The trick long predates S-100 systems. It used to be used with > IBM 1620's. The "oldest" machine I ever saw this done on was an RCA 501. In addition to the tones heard in the AM radio, the console typewriter provided percussion :-) I'm not sure but I think the 501 dates to the late 50's or early 60's. It was 66 or so when I heard the demonstration. This type of thing was a common thing to do back then and I suspect many if not most first and second generation machines had a "music" program which played through an AM radio written for them. I've also heard of but not seen stories where this was done using a console lamp as the output. You would just remove the lamp and plug in an adapter in its place which was wired to the input of an audio amplifier. I have seen a single bit output register used in a similar manner to generate sort of understandable human speech done with an 8 bit micro, as well. I still have some paper tapes somewhere which play music on a PDP-9. Also have it on a DECTape and I know where that is. Chris AN GETTO$;DUMP;RUN,ALGOL,TAPE $$ ###### From: Sam Yorko Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:38:24 -0800 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3CE57850.2113B767@computer.org> References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: symsj01.sj.symbol.com (63.145.233.34) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1021667896 23783154 63.145.233.34 (16 [71567]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!symsj01.sj.symbol.COM!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107733 Jim Battle wrote: > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > noise emitted from the computer. > > The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is > Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the > famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to > have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct of > the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to > produce the sounds. > > Anyway, I finally found an old AM radio and lo and behold, it worked. > > I've recorded a few seconds of it and put it on my web site dedicated > to the Sol computer: > > http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/sol.html > > The sample is in 22KHz, 8bit/sample WAV format and in 48 kbps MP3 > format. > > Probably the easiest way to find them is to get to them from the > what's new page: > > http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/solnew.html So, when are you going to sample Star Trek and post it? Sam ###### Reply-To: "Bill Leary" From: "Bill Leary" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Lines: 15 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 00:44:32 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.218.115.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net 1021682672 24.218.115.225 (Fri, 17 May 2002 20:44:32 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:44:32 EDT Organization: ATT Broadband Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!chnws02.ne.ipsvc.net!cyclone.ne.ipsvc.net!65.96.0.182!typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107852 "Jim Battle" wrote in message news:84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com... > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > noise emitted from the computer. We used to do this with a Nova 1200 way back when. There was a program floating around (ah, paper tape!) to play some classical piece from 2001, as I recall. - Bill ###### X-Posting-Agent: Hamster/1.3.23.4 From: Nick Spalding Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Reply-To: Nick Spalding Message-ID: References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 26 Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 12:28:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.203.140.211 X-Complaints-To: abuse@iol.ie X-Trace: news.iol.ie 1021724901 193.203.140.211 (Sat, 18 May 2002 13:28:21 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 13:28:21 BST Organization: Ireland On-Line Customer Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news0.de.colt.net!peernews2.colt.net!colt.net!newsfeed.esat.net!news.iol.ie!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107905 Alan T. Bowler wrote, in <3CE53317.3BAAAEBE@thinkage.ca>: > Jim Battle wrote: > > > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > > noise emitted from the computer. > > > > The guy who has been credited with this trick in S-100 circles is > > Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club. He later wrote the > > famous game "TARG" for the Sol computer. TARG specifically claims to > > have sound effects. I don't know if it was an accidental byproduct of > > the timing loops in the program or if he actually added code to > > produce the sounds. > > The trick long predates S-100 systems. It used to be used with > IBM 1620's. Someone I don't recall anything else about among the diagnostic writers at Poughkeepsie gave me a version in 1963 for, I think, a 709x. Precious little use to me as such but I figured out what the data format of the cards specifying the tunes was and wrote a version for the 7010 and later reassembled it for the 1401 & 1440. It is still up in my attic. -- Nick Spalding ###### Message-ID: <3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net> From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@ev1.net Organization: Cannine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.237.69.87 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1021778065 12.237.69.87 (Sun, 19 May 2002 03:14:25 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 03:14:25 GMT Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 03:14:25 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!nntp.abs.net!uunet!dca.uu.net!ash.uu.net!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107882 Bill Leary wrote: > > "Jim Battle" wrote in message > news:84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com... > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > > noise emitted from the computer. > > We used to do this with a Nova 1200 way back when. > > There was a program floating around (ah, paper tape!) to play some classical > piece from 2001, as I recall. > A guy at my college circa 1975 played the "Star-Spangled Banner" with an AM radio using an old IBM 1620. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### From: "Michael N. LeVine" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 21:31:09 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 27 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!mlevine Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107895 In article <3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net>, Charles Richmond wrote: > Bill Leary wrote: > > > > "Jim Battle" wrote in message > > news:84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com... > > > I'd long heard about the trick of putting an AM radio next to an old > > > S-100 machine and tuning the radio until tones could be heard from the > > > noise emitted from the computer. > > > > We used to do this with a Nova 1200 way back when. > > > > There was a program floating around (ah, paper tape!) to play some classical > > piece from 2001, as I recall. > > > A guy at my college circa 1975 played the "Star-Spangled Banner" > with an AM radio using an old IBM 1620. What about the use of line printers to play music? As I recall, by useing the proper timeing when printing out on a chain or band printer songs could be played (and a lot of paper wasted). -- Michael LeVine - mlevine@redshift.com "Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty one except for Gypsy Rose Lee and every one knew what she had" - Mel Blanc ###### Reply-To: "Bill Leary" From: "Bill Leary" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net> Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Lines: 18 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:33:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.218.115.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net 1021818825 24.218.115.225 (Sun, 19 May 2002 10:33:45 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 10:33:45 EDT Organization: ATT Broadband Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!chnws02.ne.ipsvc.net!cyclone.ne.ipsvc.net!65.96.0.182!typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107847 "Michael N. LeVine" wrote in message news:mlevine- > What about the use of line printers to play music? As I recall, by > useing the proper timeing when printing out on a chain or band printer > songs could be played (and a lot of paper wasted). Oh, yes, and what a lot of hardware abuse it was. I heard the William Tell Overture played on an OkiData u93. Man was that puppy jumping around too. Reminded me of the disk-drive races we used to have back in the "washing machine drive" days. - Bill ###### Reply-To: "Bill Leary" From: "Bill Leary" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net> Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Lines: 12 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <4KOF8.7643$Bn5.3701999@typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:34:40 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.218.115.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net 1021818880 24.218.115.225 (Sun, 19 May 2002 10:34:40 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 10:34:40 EDT Organization: ATT Broadband Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!chnws02.ne.ipsvc.net!cyclone.ne.ipsvc.net!65.96.0.182!typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107845 "Charles Richmond" wrote in message news:3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net... > A guy at my college circa 1975 played the "Star-Spangled Banner" > with an AM radio using an old IBM 1620. The only IBM I ever had much contact with was a 370, and they didn't let anyone "play" with it. - Bill ###### From: jata@jata-mj.net (Julian Thomas) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: AM Broadcasting from old computers Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 20:14:58 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3ceae331$1$wg$mr2ice@news.fltg.net> References: <84b49ae6.0205162012.632c34c0@posting.google.com> <3CE73475.ECE64282@ev1.net> X-Newsreader: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v2.30a/30 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 21 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!sn-xit-03!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:107940 In , on 05/18/02 at 09:31 PM, "Michael N. LeVine" said: >What about the use of line printers to play music? As I recall, by >useing the proper timeing when printing out on a chain or band printer >songs could be played (and a lot of paper wasted). I remember a fairly good rendition of the Col Bogie march for the 14xx (sorry, don't remember the value of xx - 01 or 10). -- Julian Thomas: jt . jt-mj @ net http://jt-mj.net remove letter a for email (or switch . and @) In the beautiful Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State! Boardmember of POSSI.org - Phoenix OS/2 Society, Inc http://www.possi.org -- -- In toto . . . does NOT mean "Dorothy's dog ate it!"