--- Joseph Zitt <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill Schottstaedt wrote: > > On Saturday 14 June 2003 02:50 am, Frank Barknecht > wrote: > > [...] > > > >>here's someone making music with a dot matrix > printer: > > > > > > When I was about 10 (around 1960), the place my > father worked > > installed a barnful of IBM's; I got to tour the > joint, and the > > thing I remember best was when one of the > operators played > > a buzzy "Happy Birthday" on what I remember as a > printer, though > > maybe it was the paper tape reader. > > Back in 1982 or so, I did a piece in my office that > employed about a > dozen spacially separated line printers and beeping > terminals. Due to > lags in the computers and devices some very cool > kinda minimalist > phasings and staggerings happened. > > The good thing about working the midnight shift was > that I was able to > get away with such stunts. The bad thing was that no > one else ever heard it. that's great. MTV, nah! But I'd buy a TV Guide to find geekTV. ron __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
