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blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2016/09/restoring-the-first-recording-of-computer-music.html
The actual recording is available for listening at the bottom of the article.
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We got both kinds of music: Country and Western!
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In those days, more often than not it seems, computer technicians and other scientific persons were women. And nobody batted an eyelid, it was just accepted. Those were the days.
Strangely cello like, that sound. Wonderful.
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Many thanks for sharing Frank! Lovely to hear the computer's sound, along with the delightful laughter from the proper English folk.  James x
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In those days, more often than not it seems, computer technicians and other scientific persons were women. And nobody batted an eyelid, it was just accepted. I think that a lot of computer work was thought to be "secretarial" at that time, so it was proper work for women to do. The original computers, actually called computers, were rooms full of young women doing calculations on adding machines. Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of WWII Top Secret Rosies
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In those days, more often than not it seems, computer technicians and other scientific persons were women. And nobody batted an eyelid, it was just accepted. I think that a lot of computer work was thought to be "secretarial" at that time, so it was proper work for women to do. Yes, exactly. It's those words 'secretarial' and especially 'proper' that are so interesting here. In other words it is to do with how roles are understood and how status is attributed that is most important. Not the actual nature and demands of the work. I really wonder what social justice warriors would have made of it, had they existed at the time.
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