First computer to sing - and guess what the song was

[M. Robert Gibson]

"In 1961 the IBM 7094 became the first computer to sing"

The IBM 7094 is The First Computer to Sing : History of Information

The IBM 7094 is The First Computer to Sing

www.historyofinformation.com

 

[Wayne Mack]

Another trivia tidbit:

"Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke witnessed the IBM 704 demonstration during a trip to Bell Labs in 1962 and referred to it in the 1968 novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which the HAL 9000 computer sings "Daisy Bell" during its gradual deactivation."​

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Also, as has been pointed out many times, HAL consists of the letters immediately preceding IBM in the alphabet.

 

[mosaix]

In 1965 I heard an IBM 1401 play the William Tell overture on its line printer. A total waste of paper.

 

[Vince W]

This is still the best computer music:

 

[AllanR]

This is still the best computer music:

add this to your collection

 

[paranoid marvin]

The SID chip made the Commodore 64. Forget your modern games with cinematic, high definition audio; there's nothing to compare with the fantastic tunes composed by the likes of Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard and Sid Hubbard. Listening to The 'Ocean loaders' instantly takes me back a quarter of a century.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Listening to The 'Ocean loaders' instantly takes me back a quarter of a century.

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