Posted on 01/09/2017 1:05:59 PM PST by Morgana
And yet, I’ll bet I’m not the only old programmer here that remembers paper tape (considered by some a cut above punch cards).
Somewhere I’ve still got several rolls of punch tape that were printed out on an ASR-33 Teletype that was hooked up to an Altair 8080.
BTW, I am also a big Freddie Mercury fan!
Electric Avenue.
Gives me chills to this day.
Ask your bro’ if he knows of Foley-Baker Inc. in Tolland, CT.
Reason why I ask, is I have had the distinct honor to be at organ recitals in Mike Baker’s home. Quite an incredible instrument.
Sorry. That post should read “Mike Foley.”
I clicked on the link and the site tried to deliver a virus to my phone.
(over a year later) not my favorite song, by a long shot, but this is pretty interesting. And the use of a player roll in an organ was previously unfamiliar to me, so, kudos!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTnGI6Knw5Q
However, Lake Street Dive knocks it out of the park with their arrangement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBi-fppjB4
Later
BFL
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