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Dave,

I don't recall if it was the pdp-9 or the pdp-11 that was the hybrib
digital/analog computer - I spent 3 years making MUSIC5/10 and
Standford SCORE programs and realized them on this type of system. 
(Amazingly, I even had a girlfriend during that time  

Later, when at Calarts, there was a Buchla 500, which was a
"mini-computer" controlling the Buchla 200 (many of the modules of
that system is presently owned by Grant).

I have had to, at times, gaffer tape my arm to an armrest (ala Dr.
Strangelove) to not buy some old minicomputer and get back to the old
stuff.

Funny, the PSIM-1 is more powerful than those old guys, and it doesn't
pull enough amps to torch your stuff....  Those were really exciting
days, weren't they?  (Kinda like being shot at!)

Gary


--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, davevosh@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 10/27/2004 12:26:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> gchang@c... writes:
> 
> 
> > .  The last time that I messed
> > around with this was with a PDP-9 and an ARP 2600 at CMU in the 70's.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> gary,
> i would think that an old dec dp-9 would have made a great digital
controller 
> for the arp. if i recall correctly, mit used it for either direct
synthesis 
> or driving digital hardware - ? i think i have a copy of an a.e.s.
paper by 
> robert ceely around here about it..............
> adding a comdyna to the above combo should have been a pretty potent 
> match-up, too !
> best,
> dave