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 www.dino-software.com > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Rupert Reynolds > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 1:00 PM > To: [email protected] > 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, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tom Brennan wrote: > > >I never knew each section of a computer had its own distinct sound. > > >https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww > > > >.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DukyHECjKDoQ&data=05%7C01%7CBill.H > itefi > > >eld%40DINO- > SOFTWARE.COM%7Cc59b820acb894ac60e2f08dad2fcc573%7Cbe5c5b1d > > > >ebb343f3a3641e98fd405647%7C0%7C0%7C638054280360932179%7CUnknow > n%7CTWF > > > >pbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI > 6 > > > >Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rKOsvZyn123%2Bkld5vDGRrtUZjvP > vy824mg > > >6EJdjq6lI%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
