Reminds me of staying up all night in the computer lab at college playing 3d TicTacToe (4x4x4) against an IBM 1620 computer until I finally beat it by playing its own moves back at it. Wasted a whole box of console paper (not to mention failing to do my Calculus and other homework that night) on that little exercise . . .
The mostly useless things we think are interesting or important when we are young and naïve . . . Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bill Hitefield Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 1:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Computers In college we had an IBM 1130 in the computer lab. Those of us working in the lab discovered an AM radio placed near the console switches made odd noises when you ran Fortran programs and set the radio to a specific "station". Further investigation revealed you could change the tone of the noise by using the "e to the x" function and varying the value of "x". Our goal in life then became to play "Smoke on the Water" using that radio. The temp wasn't too great, but you could recognize the main riff! Bill Hitefield Dino-Software Corporation 800.480.DINO > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Rupert Reynolds > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 1:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Computers > > Wow. > > Reminds me of the times when some people spelled it "computor" instead of > "computer" :-) > > Roops > > On Wed, 30 Nov 2022, 05:37 Phil Smith III, <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > > > Tom Brennan wrote: > > >I never knew each section of a computer had its own distinct sound. > > > > Tsk. You don't have those sounds on your PC? > > > > > > Srsly, this was great! A classic. I laughed, I cried. I give it ten stars. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
