Oldest Recording of Computer Music Uncovered

The recording was by the BBC for a show called 'Children's Hour' after it had discovered that programmers had coaxed computers to play music. The performance doesn't sound much better than a 6-year-old kid blowing into a bass kazoo, but it's nonetheless historic as it is currently the oldest recording of its type.
Still, the BBC tune is by no means the oldest instance of computer-based music. That honor goes to the CSIRAC, a Australian computer, which was the first computer to play music, beating the Ferranti by no more than a few months, but no recording of its performance has yet been unearthed.
The Ferranti Mark 1 is a direct descendant of Baby, the forefather of all modern computers, which the BBC is celebrating this month in honor of its 60th anniversary. [Source: BBC]





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Subscribe to commentsretro77Jun 19th 2008 12:22PM
I give this a pretty cool rating
MedPigJun 19th 2008 12:59PM
That is NOT "Baa Baa Black Sheep" you dolts, it's "God Save The Queen". How someone could miss that is beyong me. Add to the fact it's British, and for the BBC, and it should just sort of jump out at you...
CoffeeDragonJun 19th 2008 2:09PM
That's not the Ferranti Mark 1, it's the Manchester Mark 2. No, I'm not making it up and no I'm not as big a geek as you now think I am. Check Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Manchester_Mark2.jpg