symphony for dot matrix printers - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

31 Aug 2001

On September 1, Glen Goodwin wrote:
...
  Being a musician, this conjures up all sorts of ideas
for using computer
 sounds to make music.  I have a recording studio hung off my main
 non-classic box, so I can add this to my List of Unfinished Projects.  Some
 useable sounds might be:

 (printers, of course)
 hard drive spinup & chatter
 crt charge & discharge
 floppy drive stepper motors
 ps fans
 cpu cooling fans
 cd drives (opening, closing, and spinning)
 scanner sounds
 tape drives
 ASR 33s
 PAC readers
 card readers

 So what did I miss (classic or non)? 
  There is the well-known software package for DEC's pdp8/e (and
perhaps other -8 models) that makes quite reasonable music from a
nearby AM radio, if memory serves the "interference" was generated by
the core memory drivers...you took the chassis cover off, put an AM
radio near the machine, ran the program, gave it a "song" file, and
away it played.

       -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD