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This is brilliant! It reminds me of the anecdote Steven Levy relates in Hackers about Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club writing a program for the Alta
by mftb 4y ago
This is brilliant! It reminds me of the anecdote Steven Levy relates in Hackers about Steve Dompier of the Homebrew Computer Club writing a program for the Altair that created music through electrical interference[0]. Awesome!
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers%3A_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution#Part_Two:_Hardware_Hackers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers%3A_Heroes_of_the_Compu...
- jecel 4y agoHere is a video of a recreation of that using an actual Altair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EPmWvqZ0Rw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EPmWvqZ0Rw