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Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392492] Fri, 27 March 2020 22:19 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: bernardoone

Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's only C64 Robot Guitar! See

https://youtu.be/4juOzJSRZSU

Back in California,
Robert Bernardo
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Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392571 is a reply to message #392492] Mon, 30 March 2020 07:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
J.B. Wood is currently offline  J.B. Wood
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On 3/27/2020 10:19 PM, bernardoone@netzero.net wrote:
> Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's only C64 Robot Guitar! See
>
> https://youtu.be/4juOzJSRZSU
>
> Back in California,
> Robert Bernardo
> Fresno Commodore User Group -
> http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
>
Hello,

Some years back Jeri Ellsworth constructed an electric guitar with the
neck attached to a C-64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LM2bom8fsw
(I noticed her in that dress more than the guitar.). Sincerely,

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Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392572 is a reply to message #392492] Mon, 30 March 2020 08:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: felix

* bernardoone@netzero.net <bernardoone@netzero.net>:
> Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's only C64 Robot Guitar! See
>
> https://youtu.be/4juOzJSRZSU

This is awesome, forwarded it to our internal Excess chat :) A shame
modern computers removed all simple bit-banging devices...

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Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392581 is a reply to message #392572] Mon, 30 March 2020 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Seth Barlow

On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:17:48 +0200, Felix Palmen wrote:

> * bernardoone@netzero.net <bernardoone@netzero.net>:
>> Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's
>> only C64 Robot Guitar! See
>>
>> https://youtu.be/4juOzJSRZSU
>
> This is awesome, forwarded it to our internal Excess chat :) A shame
> modern computers removed all simple bit-banging devices...

Thanks for sharing, that is very interesting.
Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392600 is a reply to message #392571] Tue, 31 March 2020 09:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Tom Lake is currently offline  Tom Lake
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>
> Some years back Jeri Ellsworth constructed an electric guitar with the
> neck attached to a C-64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LM2bom8fsw
> (I noticed her in that dress more than the guitar.). Sincerely,
>
> --
> J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com

I remember a Canadian TV show called The Red Green Show. Red's nephew Harold played an instrument that looked like it had a VIC-20 or C64 attached.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show#/media/File :The_Red_Green_Show.jpg
Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392610 is a reply to message #392600] Tue, 31 March 2020 15:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On 3/31/2020 9:21 AM, Tom Lake wrote:
>>
>> Some years back Jeri Ellsworth constructed an electric guitar with the
>> neck attached to a C-64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LM2bom8fsw
>> (I noticed her in that dress more than the guitar.). Sincerely,
>>
>> --
>> J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com
>
> I remember a Canadian TV show called The Red Green Show. Red's nephew Harold played an instrument that looked like it had a VIC-20 or C64 attached.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show#/media/File :The_Red_Green_Show.jpg
>

We gotta find out what that thing is.

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Re: Commodore 64 Robot Gu [message #392613 is a reply to message #392600] Tue, 31 March 2020 00:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: nospam.Mike.Powell

> I remember a Canadian TV show called The Red Green Show. Red's nephew Harold
> played an instrument that looked like it had a VIC-20 or C64 attached.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show#/media/File :The_Red_Green_
> Show
> jpg

He sure did. I think it was actually supposed to be some sort of fancy
computerized thing that he "produced" the show with. It disappeared in
later years. They are currently showing one of the seasons on the local
PBS network where he uses it. It sure looks like a VIC-20 to me.

There is one episode where he is tapping on the keys showing the different
visual affects he can create with it.

Mike


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Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392623 is a reply to message #392610] Wed, 01 April 2020 07:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Adam Sampson

"J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> writes:

> We gotta find out what that thing is.

Here's a good production still of the prop:
https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/red-green-show-harolds -instrument.306234/

So the panel's from an Ampex VR-1200 quad VTR:
https://www.cameratim.com/electronics/ampex-quad/vr1200-rest oration

And the keyboard's from a TEC terminal -- that page doesn't have the
exact one, but it matches the 1401/2401 keyboard in the manual on
Bitsavers.

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Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #392629 is a reply to message #392623] Wed, 01 April 2020 13:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Tom Lake is currently offline  Tom Lake
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On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 7:30:03 AM UTC-4, Adam Sampson wrote:
> "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> We gotta find out what that thing is.
>
> Here's a good production still of the prop:
> https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/red-green-show-harolds -instrument.306234/
>
> So the panel's from an Ampex VR-1200 quad VTR:
> https://www.cameratim.com/electronics/ampex-quad/vr1200-rest oration
>
> And the keyboard's from a TEC terminal -- that page doesn't have the
> exact one, but it matches the 1401/2401 keyboard in the manual on
> Bitsavers.
>
> --
> Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org> <http://offog.org/>

Oh well, on TV and moving fast, I couldn't tell. That was a great series. It had over 300 episodes in 15 seasons!
Re: Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video [message #393137 is a reply to message #392600] Tue, 21 April 2020 02:53 Go to previous message
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Originally posted by: nospam.Charles.Stephenson

On Apr 5th 6:02 pm Tom Lake said...
TL>
TL> I remember a Canadian TV show called The Red Green Show. Red's nephew
TL> Harold played an instrument that looked like it had a VIC-20 or C64
TL> attached.
TL>


I remember seeing a few episodes of that on a cable channel. I thought it was a
pretty funny show! I didn't know it was based in Canada. :)
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