ntioned, I came into the thread late.
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err... Umm... I can hardly bring
Along with a "steele" guitar. (sorry)
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err... Umm... I can hardly bring
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In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 11/13/2006
at 02:30 PM, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Ah! I guess
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 11/13/2006
at 02:30 PM, "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Ah! I guess you must have had a "band printer" then?
Not with only one 1403. For that matter, doesn't it have to have
several different types of instruments to be a band, not just several
of the same
Interestingly (?) This was broadcast by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction program
on the first of November this year.
Johann Johannsson: Part 3: IBM 14C2 Card Read-Punch /
Part 4; IBM 729 II Magnetic Tape Unit
Johann Johannsson
Taken from the album IBM 1401 A User's Manual
CAD 2609 CD for further detai
http://www.cbttape.org/fun.htm
Song of the S360-40
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In the November issue of 'Wired&
I remember on our 1410/1401 playing songs on the 1403 printer. There were
little object decks, maybe 1/2 inch thick. The Battle Hymn of the Republic
was a good song. Even the drums came through good. This was all done by
printing certain patterns to get different sounds. A couple of the son
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> In the 1950s the SWAC computer had ma
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In the November issue of 'Wired' magazine (pg 92) there is a short note
titled,
'
In the November issue of 'Wired' magazine (pg 92) there is a short note
titled,
'Composer Plays the Big Blues' ... Tells of composer Johann Johannsson
from
Iceland, whose father worked for IBM on the 1401. His father performed
the popular
hack of getting music out of the machine by placing a radio
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