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[107.215.223.229]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x21-20020a6bda15000000b0071c89dbc77bsm1521714iob.43.2023.02.10.11.05.47 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:05:47 -0800 (PST) From: Bakul Shah Message-Id: <98FF7DD9-2CA4-4347-85B9-5D8B99395712@iitbombay.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_1303ADF3-C897-4368-B550-39D11D1FC390" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3731.400.51.1.1\)) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:05:36 -0800 In-Reply-To: <6f278982-4616-7fe0-ef2f-37ecd4f2ff23@gmail.com> To: Mike Markowski References: <6f278982-4616-7fe0-ef2f-37ecd4f2ff23@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3731.400.51.1.1) Message-ID-Hash: YI3NAD4C7W5ZH7UGWIHVEPTWE3Y3EPYY X-Message-ID-Hash: YI3NAD4C7W5ZH7UGWIHVEPTWE3Y3EPYY X-MailFrom: bakul@iitbombay.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: coff@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: Music! List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --Apple-Mail=_1303ADF3-C897-4368-B550-39D11D1FC390 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 When I started at Fortune Systems in 1981, they had just rented a large = empty warehouse space in San Carlos that was just perfect for playing = music loudly! We worked crazy hours so I took in my stereo system and = some records. Once the 9 to 5 people went home we cranked up the volume = and listened to local college radio stations or records. Soon people = started bringing in their own favorite records. Employee ages ranged = from 18 to 50+ & from variety of backgrounds so we had quite an eclectic = collection of music. I also recall listening to hours of various = versions of "Pipeline" and later "Louie Louie" specials on KFJC! Once we = moved into a new facility the dynamics and the acoustics changed so I = brought the stereo system home, along with a few records that no one = claimed! Somewhat related: there was enough RF leakage when the Fortune = motherboard was not in the case. I could "tune into it" near a Jazz FM = station. That was quite useful because the noise pattern changed = depending on what the system was doing. I could be doing something else = and I could hear if the system crashed or the pattern changed to = something unusual! I'd probably recognize those noise patterns even now = - just as most of us oldtimers recognize dialup sounds! > On Feb 9, 2023, at 5:10 PM, Mike Markowski = wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BF This is far afield even for COFF, so apologies up front. = Machines and OSes we fondly remember get older day by day. But many = labs I worked in during undergrad & grad years and then in the workforce = always had a radio going, and music never seems to age. When I hear = Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" or Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool = Believes," it's RSTS/E on a PDP11/70 as a teen, my first exposure to = computers. Kraftwerk and Big Audio Dynamite mean Unix with Mike Muuss = at Ballistic Research Lab in the early 90s. I had PX (military Post = Exchange) privileges which Mike used to the fullest to buy fantastic lab = speakers. The old ENIAC room, our work space, had thick walls. :-) >=20 > I wonder if particular music transports any others back to computing = days of old. The current lab I'm in receives exactly 1 radio station = from a local high school and streaming is blocked. Not sure that any = new musical memories will be formed for my ever nearer days of = retirement! >=20 > Musically yours, > Mike Markowski --Apple-Mail=_1303ADF3-C897-4368-B550-39D11D1FC390 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
When I started at = Fortune Systems in 1981, they had just rented a large empty warehouse = space in San Carlos that was just perfect for playing music loudly! We = worked crazy hours so I took in my stereo system and some records. Once = the 9 to 5 people went home we  cranked up the volume and listened = to local college radio stations or records. Soon people started bringing = in their own favorite records. Employee ages ranged from 18 to 50+ & = from variety of backgrounds so we had quite an eclectic collection of = music. I also recall listening to hours of various versions of = "Pipeline" and later "Louie Louie" specials on KFJC! Once we moved into = a new facility the dynamics and the acoustics changed so I brought the = stereo system home, along with a few records that no one = claimed!

Somewhat = related: there was enough RF leakage when the Fortune motherboard was = not in the case. I could "tune into it" near a Jazz FM station. That was = quite useful because the noise pattern changed depending on what the = system was doing. I could be doing something else and I could hear if = the system crashed or the pattern changed to something unusual! I'd = probably recognize those noise patterns even now - just as most of us = oldtimers recognize dialup sounds!

On Feb 9, 2023, at 5:10 PM, Mike Markowski = <mike.ab3ap@gmail.com> = wrote:

=EF=BB=BF =20 =20 =20 This is far afield even for COFF, so apologies = up front.  Machines and OSes we fondly remember get older day by day.  But many labs I worked in during undergrad & grad = years and then in the workforce always had a radio going, and music never seems to age.  When I hear Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" or Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes," it's RSTS/E on a PDP11/70 as a teen, my first exposure to = computers.  Kraftwerk and Big Audio Dynamite mean Unix with Mike Muuss at Ballistic Research Lab in the early 90s.  I had PX (military Post Exchange) privileges = which Mike used to the fullest to buy fantastic lab speakers.  The = old ENIAC room, our work space, had thick walls.  :-)

I wonder if particular music transports any others back to computing days of old.  The current lab I'm in receives = exactly 1 radio station from a local high school and streaming is = blocked.  Not sure that any new musical memories will be formed for my ever nearer days of retirement!

Musically yours,
Mike Markowski =20
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