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Erik Klein switching in 8080 code into his Altair to play music

This is a re-enactment of the Homebrew Computer Club member Steve Dompier's switching in of an 8080 program to play "Fool in the Hill" (the Beatles) on his Altair through radio interference on an AM radio as reported in newsletter issue number three of the Homebrew Computer Club. This "performance" occured on April 16, 1975, the re-enactment on Nov 3rd, 2005 and again at our 30th anniversary event of the Homebrew Computer Club on Nov 5th, 2005.

Listen to the final end products "Fool on the Hill" and "Daisy" on DigiBarn Radio

Still images of Erik at work

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Movies of Erik, the Maestro Alto and the Music

Windows Media Versions

erik-klein-switching-music-unsuccessful.wmv	erik-klein-re-switching-altair-music.wmv
erik-klein-bruce-damer-altair-music1.wmv	erik-klein-bruce-damer-altair-music2.wmv

Quicktime Versions

erik-klein-switching-music-unsuccessful.mov	erik-klein-re-switching-altair-music.mov
erik-klein-bruce-damer-altair-music1.mov	erik-klein-bruce-damer-altair-music2.mov

See Also

Back to our page on the Fool on the Hill Sheet Music Instructions by Steve Dompier

Our pages on the Homebrew Computer Club @ 30

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