Re: OT: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody old school computer Remix

[Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>]

rackow () mcs anl gov wrote:
> There was also the fun of setting a radio in specific places on the
> main control panel and listen to the music it played.  Somewhat
> better than the printer banging away as you'd get actual tones to
> play.

An AM radio in the vicinity of an IBM 360/30 and 360/40 would definitely 
sing to you at the proper frequency. 

I was a third-shift operator in a former life, and a properly-tuned AM 
radio would let you know clearly when the machine was idle, and with a 
little practice, a rough idea of what it was doing :-)

The machine cycle time of a 360/30 was 1 microsecond (fact), placing 
much of the RF noise in the AM band (at least that was my guess).

Jeff
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