Hardware Orchestra
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Old School Computer Remix)
Hardware:
Atari 800xl and Floppy Drive 0$ (no joke found it sitting on a garbage pile near Queen and Coxwell)
3.5 Inch Hard Drive 0$ (old defective drive)
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Card $5 (craigslist)
TI-99/4A and Tape Drive $15 (e-bay)
8 Inch Floppy Drive $20 (a1 electronics)
HP ScanJet 3C $25 (craigslist)
Eico Oscilloscope $28 (the best deal i ever got on e-bay)
The Animals – House of the Rising Sun (Old School Computer Remix)
Hardware:
a. HP Scanjet 3P, Adaptec SCSI card and a computer powered by Ubuntu v9.10 OS as the Vocals. (hey, the scanner is old)
b. Atari 800XL with an EiCO Oscilloscope as the Organ
c. Texas instrument Ti-99/4A with a Tektronix Oscilloscope as the Guitar
d. Hard-drive powered by a PiC16F84A microcontroller as the bass drum and cymbal
Bit-52 Robot playing “Rock Lobster”
EOL Robot Band covers “The Beautiful People” by Marilyn Manson
“Funkytown” by Lipps Inc. Remix with Old Computer Equipment (Junky Town)
THANK YOU! I NEVER ONCE BELIEVED IN THE OBSOLESCENCE OF HARDWARE, NOW I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH ALL OF MY STUFF 🙂
Great! Whatever you do with it, document it, publish the howto using a CC or GFDL license and send me the link! 😎