[sdiy] Extreme DIY?

[Cynthia Webster]

on 8/20/03 2:33 PM, Fdi at fdi at ran.es wrote:

> In the 80s, when I was about 15 years old, I  used an HP calculator as an
> impredictable  complex sound generator by calculating long sqaring roots
> with the device near the antenna of my radio. I may have some tape somewere.
> It was a delicious experience!
> Cheers,
> Fernando
> --


What a totally Cool idea!

Cyn

 
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>> De: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
>> Responder a: music.maker at gte.net
>> Fecha: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:24:23 -0800
>> Para: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Asunto: Re: [sdiy] Extreme DIY?
>> 
>> When I was in highschool, my brother was attending the Univ. of Illinois
> at
>> Chicago Circle campus where he used to sneak me into the computer center
> so
>> I could learn PL/1 and Fortran on the IBM 360/195.  Among other things,
>> they had an old IBM 1800.  Someone discovered that with the right
>> programming it would play music as well.  They had an AM portable radio
>> that when placed in the right spot would play the music from it, and it
> was
>> polyphonic...
>> 
>> "Paul Maddox" <P.Maddox at signal.qinetiq.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> posted to me via another list ;-
>>> http://www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/highlights/
>>> 
>>> check out 'rain drops keep falling on my head'
>>> 
>>> no strictly synthdiy, but its making sounds and it deffinatly shouldn't
> be
>>> musical...
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
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