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This talk of old computers makes me remember the $1,000 upgrade we
did on a Mac 512. The upgrade gave us an extra 512 k, and a scsi port
so that we could hook up a hard drive. The hard drive was extra, and
was 20mb! Woo-hoo, we thought we were cool!

While I'm not too nostalgiac about old computers, I do remember
having a great time with a Commodore 128 MIDI sequencer called Dr.
T's keyboard controlled sequencer. It had several features that I
haven't seen duplicated on more modern sequencers.

It was very easy with Dr. T to do weird things, like sequences that
were different lengths. For example, you could have a sequence in 4/4
running at the same tempo as a sequence in 7/8, so they phased in and
out of sync. You could also incorporate probability into your
sequenced phrases, so certain notes might only play 60% of the time.
It was very handy for generating interesting variety from a limited
set of material.

One of these days, I'm going to hook up the 128 to the TV and see
what it can do with the modular....