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Postby Robbie » Apr 21st, '09, 18:11



How long, I wonder, did it take to put together Bohemian Rhapsody on old computer equipment?

Starring:
Atari 800XL as lead piano/organ
Texas Instruments 99/4a as lead guitar
8-inch floppy disk as bass
3.5-inch hard drive as gong
HP ScanJet 3C as vocalist

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Postby JellyBaby » Apr 21st, '09, 22:36

Far too long - it sounds c*** (not the best).

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Re: Old-school geekery

Postby Tomo » Apr 21st, '09, 22:37

Robbie wrote:How long, I wonder, did it take to put together Bohemian Rhapsody on old computer equipment?

Starring:
Atari 800XL as lead piano/organ
Texas Instruments 99/4a as lead guitar
8-inch floppy disk as bass
3.5-inch hard drive as gong
HP ScanJet 3C as vocalist

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Re: Old-school geekery

Postby Robbie » Apr 21st, '09, 22:49

Tomo wrote:Are you a fellow Slashdot reader, perchance?

Nope, I ran across it on Brand Flakes for Breakfast.

It is indeed very long, but I enjoyed it. Probably the TI 99/4a isn't my old one...

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Postby Lady of Mystery » Apr 22nd, '09, 09:36

just sounds like a bunch of bleeps and weird noises to me :?

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