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Music Played by Minicomputer
By C. Jim Cook

> Marc Kaufman wrote, "It is amazing what you can get with only 1 bit."

This jogs another memory.  The manual for the DEC PDP-10 (probably the
KA model) contained notes on how to tap a signal off of some pin on the
bus.  It ended with, "You can play Bach, you can play rock, or you can
play Bacharach".

Cheers!

C. Jim Cook

(Message sent Thu 17 Dec 1998, 18:18:18 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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