Olson - punched card version on 1959 PDP-1 computer

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Olson - punched card version on 1959 PDP-1 computer

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Listen to this incredible project : https://pdp1.music/

French fellows > check the whole story on Korben's site : https://korben.info/pdp1-boards-of-cana ... ckers.html

Now imagine BOC's next album released on a few scattered pieces of punched paper around the world...
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Well done :idea: Very nice touch at the end there as well with the BOC tree logo
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Oh come on. Knock it off with this crap.

It’s a load of bollocks. Punch cards! yes. Wow! Isn’t it novel! :) Can we do a wax cylinder next?

Utterly Pointless.
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OneVeryImportantFart wrote:Oh come on. Knock it off with this crap.

It’s a load of bollocks. Punch cards! yes. Wow! Isn’t it novel! :) Can we do a wax cylinder next?

Utterly Pointless.
Oi, don't be a wet blanket. I for one think this is pretty neat. Reminds me of "Dookie Demastered", where a group put each track on Green Day's Dookie onto a piece of outdated hardware (e.g., a Teddy Ruxpin, a Tooth Tunes, and yes, even a wax cylinder). Pointless? From a certain point of view, maybe, but that doesn't make it any less fun! Besides, who doesn't wanna see a Big Mouth Billy Bass sing "Basket Case"?[media]https://assets.dookiedemastered.com/7-B ... Y-BASS.mp4[/media]
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OneVeryImportantFart wrote:It’s a load of bollocks. Punch cards! yes. Wow! Isn’t it novel! :) Can we do a wax cylinder next?
Brruuuh, you're on a fan-forum for the band that, besides being huge nerds, pretty much pioneered hauntology by incorporating very old and antiquated musical hardware. This is totally on-brand. You're just acting like a douche at this point.
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Also, this guy in the general release theory thread said this:
PDP1Music wrote: Hey, Joe Lynch here. I volunteer at the Computer History Museum to help demo the PDP-1, and Olson felt like the perfect song to play on it. I transcribed it with Peter Samson's help, using his 1962 Harmony Compiler software.

In the off chance Mike and Marcus do ever come across it, there's an extra copy of Olson punched on vintage DEC PDP paper tape that they're more than welcome to have.

If this person is legit I'm sure the brothers would love that tape! Can it be proven this is legit, and if so, get mdg to take it like they did with the Joe Kittinger thing?
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JNo wrote:Listen to this incredible project : https://pdp1.music/
What a lovely cover, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Imaginative method. :D
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