Forbidden Planet!

[J.G. Wong]

The producers of the Echoes radio show did a half hour program on their "Totally
Wired "series that aired a number of years ago. It got into the technolgy pretty
extensively including interviews with the Barons and demonstrations .  You can
probably buy a copy from Echodisc.

Fiveman

Paul Perry wrote:

> At 04:35 AM 20/03/99 -0500, Andrew Schrock < wrote:
>
> >Ah, Forbidden Planet!
> >Any idea why type of equipment they used? In the 50's I suppose there
> >weren't too many choices.. test oscillators?
> >
> This has been done to death in the Analog Heaven archives, but it was
> extensive tape manipulation. The original sounds were made by custom valve
> oscillators, sometimes with positive feedback & weird bias so they actually
> heated up and destroyed themselves while squeaking.
> The Holloywood industry mistreatment of the Barrons is second only to the
> anti communist witch hunts for infamy.
>
> At the time, the concept of 'cybernetics' was fashionable, which may have
> philosophically influenced the Barrons. The closest present day equivalent to
> them is probably Reed Ghazal, king of circuit benders.
>
> paul perry melbourne australia
>
> BTW, I have no idea exactly WHAT ckts were used, but if I was trying, I'd
> look at
> squegging oscillators. (you'll need an old book to look that up)
>
> BTW2: anyone use B.G.Micro for parts? good stuff at good prices, it looks like.
> search "B.G.Micro" in altavista