Bo-Hardware-ian Rhapsody

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Bo-Hardware-ian Rhapsody

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If you're going to make music out of old hardware, there's rarely a better tune to go for than Queen's Magnum opus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_opus].

Re-creating the head bangers' favorite from Wayne's World was not an easy task, and the harmony does slip at the end a little, but it's still a true work of art.

The main band is provided by HP ScanJet 3C taking over the ripped shirt of Freddie Mercury, the Texas Instrument TI-99/4a replacing Brian May, bass provided by a 8 inch floppy disk instead of Jon Deacon, and a 3.5 inch disk drive providing Roger Taylor's percussion. Incidental organ and piano are the remit of an Anatri 800XL.

Canadian YouTuber bd594 [http://www.youtube.com/user/bd594] has also written Star Wars for the disk drives [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE76goL0ol8&feature=channel] as well as producing a gingerbread borg?!? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w40fC9haGqA&feature=channel]

While watching this one though, I almost worked some lyrics out, Weird Al style, does anyone care to finish them?

"Scanner, completed scan.
Got a disk drive out on drums,
Anatri organ, here it comes,
Scanner, Anatri just begun,
And now TI will boot and start to play..."

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[Random Argument Man]

Root, you're the second thing that made my day. (An A+ note is pretty satisfying).

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I'm not sure what to say about this...except for wow. It wouldn't be recognizable at the beginning if I wasn't listening for it. Entertaining...in an odd way.

 

[Shapsters]

Haha, that was frikkin awesome! Bets song ever, combined with computers = WIN

 

[scotth266]

I have never seen the movie myself, but I've heard the song. Nice wrok, I have to say, and it certainly is a unique platform.

 

[Mstrswrd]

This is awesome, though very odd.

 

[the_hessian]

Aha that's genius, like the Top Gear song using engines.

Minus the TopGear theme tune done with engines was a terrid failure...
This... This is genius and works!!!

 

[Dogstile]

i saw this about 6-7 hours ago

'tis awesome

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

i saw this about 6-7 hours ago

'tis awesome

I saw it nearly 14 hours ago, but I have to work as well

 

[Jumplion]

No no no! The 3.5 inch disk drive was off beat and the HP ScanJet 3C was as flat as a pancake! We cannot keep doing this people, let's take it from the top!

In all seriousness, this is awesome-sauce.

 

[Dogstile]

i saw this about 6-7 hours ago

'tis awesome

I saw it nearly 14 hours ago, but I have to work as well

nah, i'm BRITISH!

i have a time advantage

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

nah, i'm BRITISH!

i have a time advantage

Dear chap, I'm as English as Chicken Tikka.

 

[Dogstile]

nah, i'm BRITISH!

i have a time advantage

Dear chap, I'm as English as Chicken Tikka.

alas! a neighbor! i salute ye, good sir!

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Nice work. but they have been beaten to it by the original music composing machine the "Harrington 1200"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjLnB-4W4ss

 

[TheRockNRolla]

Dude... That blew my mind.... It was amazing.

 

[jh322]

Do we have power, are cables connected?
Affirmative, online, but orders reje-ected.
Unplug it all, then plug it all back iiiiiiiiiiin.
This is old hardware, please just be patient.
Because it was cheep, turn it off, turn it on, no - that's off.
Here we go it's starting, hope we don't end up with blue screen...
...blue screen.

"Scanner, completed scan.
Got a disk drive out on drums,
Anatri organ, here it comes,
Scanner, Anatri just begun,
And now TI will boot and start to play..."

Scanner, oo-oo-oo-oooo,


any contributions, people?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

"Scanner, completed scan.
Got a disk drive out on drums,
Anatri organ, here it comes,
Scanner, Anatri just begun,
And now TI will boot and start to play..."

Scanner, oo-oo-oo-oooo,

Do we have power, are cables connected?
Affirmative, online, but orders reje-ected.
Unplug it all, then plug it all back iiiiiiiiiiin.
This is old hardware, please just be patient.
Because it was cheep, turn it off, turn it on, no - that's off.
Here we go it's starting, hope we don't end up with blue screen...
...blue screen.

Nice