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- From: kitchel@moray.dpsi.com (Sidney W. Kitchel)
- Subject: Re: Dinosaur noises (was: Re: dinosaur horsepower)
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- Date: 29 Jul 92 14:32:41 GMT
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- dpbsmith@world.std.com (Daniel P. B. Smith) writes:
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- >Along the same lines, I, for one, would certainly pay good money for a
- >recording of dinosaur NOISES.
- >The waltz-time 407 (kchunk-Pink kchunk-Pink glup kchunk-Pink kchunk-Pink glup)
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- Some fairly early computers came with speakers. One of these
- was the CDC 1604. Most operators kept the volume way down, but I can
- recall going into the machine room at Sunray DX Oil ca. 1965 and
- hearing the science-fiction-esque music of the CDC beast.
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- --Sid
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