Univac first digital audio synthesizer

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Al Reiter <reitery2k () netscape net>
Date: November 5, 2004 9:25:14 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Univac first digital audio synthesizer

Hi dave farber, I was looking at your univac1 "50 years" and am 
interesting in a project to find  out about the programs that were 
input to play the music for that univac1. The circuitry for it is 
available  in the prints, but I am having  trouble finding the absolute 
code used to play the music. Do you know who wrote that music program 
and and the installation it was done at? I have written the Dept Of 
Defense for help since I think an AF  leutinent may have written it, 
and they are looking into it. Any help on this project would be very 
helpful.

See my web page about this wonderful computer. I think you were wrong 
about the 500  drum memory, though, unless it was some ouffline memory  
that was attached. It used mercury for main memory and for the 
computation and control  circuits as well . Al reiter

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/reitery2k/univac1.htm


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