Commodore 64 Robot Guitar video

[b***@netzero.net]

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

Back in California,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group -
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

[J.B. Wood]

Post by b***@netzero.net
Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's only C64 Robot Guitar! See
http://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:

(I noticed her in that dress more than the guitar.). Sincerely,

[Tom Lake]

Post by J.B. Wood
Some years back Jeri Ellsworth constructed an electric guitar with the
neck attached to a C-64: http://youtu.be/2LM2bom8fsw
(I noticed her in that dress more than the guitar.). Sincerely,
--

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.

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[J.B. Wood]

Post by Tom Lake

Post by J.B. Wood
Some years back Jeri Ellsworth constructed an electric guitar with the
neck attached to a C-64: http://youtu.be/2LM2bom8fsw
(I noticed her in that dress more than the guitar.). Sincerely,
--

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.

[Adam Sampson]

Post by J.B. Wood
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-restoration

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.

[Tom Lake]

Post by Adam Sampson

Post by J.B. Wood
We gotta find out what that thing is.

https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/red-green-show-harolds-instrument.306234/
https://www.cameratim.com/electronics/ampex-quad/vr1200-restoration
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.
--

Oh well, on TV and moving fast, I couldn't tell. That was a great series. It had over 300 episodes in 15 seasons!

[Mike Powell]

Post by Tom Lake
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


* SLMR 2.1a * No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

[Charles Stephenson]

On Apr 5th 6:02 pm Tom Lake said...
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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.
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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. :)

[Felix Palmen]

Post by b***@netzero.net
Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's only C64 Robot Guitar! See
http://youtu.be/4juOzJSRZSU

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

[Seth Barlow]

Post by Felix Palmen

Post by b***@netzero.net
Steve Smit of the Sydney Amiga User Group talks about the world's
only C64 Robot Guitar! See
http://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.