DEC PDP8 playing music

[ftcnet]

Rich Wilson had mad skilz with the PDP-8. He designed a high-performance silicon disk emulator for the Omnibus PDP-8's also.

[tiberianfiend]

The FCC does not approve.

[iraeus]

@tiberianfiend But they'd be pleased by the music when trying to track down the problem :-)

[TalksWithDirt]

Have it play some Tangerine Dream tracks from the same era!

[Abrahandsome3200]

Who needs an Ipod n_n!

[siliconsurf]

life must suck ass to program this junker

[SappinSentry]

What the hell causes that noise at 0:11!? That noise is creepy as hell! It sounds like screams of horror... o_o

[immadodgeguy]

i have never seen a tape drive until now. thx for showin that bit

[ceccia97]

I'm a little bit scared about that sound

[qopha]

What was generating the sound?

Does a PDP-8 have a built-in speaker/beeper?

[iraeus]

No, the machine does not have a built in speaker. A speaker would be simple to add - too simple :-)

Look at my other music video - there it's explained.

[qopha]

Ah, now it makes sense.

Once I've heard a history about people playing music with a Burroughs B500 the same way: they left an AM radio over the CPU module and used a specially crafted code to generate an audible interference.

I wonder whether playing music such a way wasn't a datacenter fever during the 60s and 70s. ;)

[socotril]

I want a PDP8 for play Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2

XD

This is fucking Awesome,

Thanks for sharing

[maulwurfbaby]

Einfach fazinierende Technik, soviel Jahre auf dem Buckel...einfach toll :-)

[maulwurfbaby]

Der erste Computer mit "Sound one Board" ;-)

[rudyiking]

Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Microsloth]

Waiting for the music to start.....hmmmm, that's it?

[iraeus]

Yes, that's it. Please look to the lab8/e music video. That might be enlightening a bit...

[Mlk409]

Beautiful!! :)

[oc5nsli341nforce4]

Thanks

[ScientologyIsNotGood]

Woah, beeindruckend :-)

Spielt mal die Melodie von Tetris :D

[ZeroFossilFuel]

That was great. I first learned to program in PAL-8 on this very machine in High School, 1975.

[bitrex]

More computers should have ignition keys.

[cobrachoppergirl]

Its not a real computer unless its got a rotary dial telephone on its side. Extra points if its got a car cigarette lighter jack too. Long hours spent in front of these things watching for Russians on the vector monitor under Cheyenne Mountain, you need to relight a cigarette to go with your coffee and donut

[douro20]

@cobrachoppergirl

Did you used to run a SAGE?

[marceloyanez111]

damn those are rare

[kanttori12]

wtf..

[douro20]

I'd like to hear the Votrax.

[matt9741399]

Polyphonic too! Nice.

[Longuncattr]

Wow, that is incredibly cool. I'd love to have one of those, but it would probably be too expensive for me. Besides, I want to build my own Cosmac ELF first.

[DasEnde2006]

Nicht zu fassen, was diese Maschinen nicht alles koennen! :-)

[toresbe]

Wonderful! I'd love to come and see that some time.

[iraeus]

You can see it in northern and southern Germany.

[astralentity]

Ich liebe das! What song did he load into memory? It's hard to make it out with the machine noise in the background modulating the song a little....