Re: First computers . . .

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <ciu%5.2735$Fh4.78924@news1.oke.nextra.no>,
Deacon Blue <scavenger@apexmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saaf.se>
>
>> My very first programming experience was on an obscure language
>> named "EMS-1" which ran on a custom built computer on the former
>> Electronic Music Studio here in Stockholm.  Yes, the purpose
>> of this language was to generate electronic music and other
>> electronic sounds - yet it had most of the features one expected
>> of a computer language at that time: loops, subroutines, etc.
>> This was back in 1975.
> 
> Cool....
> 
> The EMS studio in Stockholm spawned some very talented musicians in the
> field of electronic music during this period,  among them the most famous
> Swedish electronic music composer,  Ralph Lundsten.
> 
> I recommend any interested to visit his Andromeda site on URL:
> http://www.andromeda.se/index-english.html
 
Thanks for that URL -- I wasn't aware Andromeda was on the Net.
 
However, I'm not so sure that EMS spawned Ralph Lundsten, since his
own studio Andromeda was born already in 1959 (although it then was
much smaller than today of course), while the EMS wasn't born until
1965.
 
I once visited Andromeda too -- some time in the early 1980'ies.
Some of the rooms were quite "spaced out" -- in a positive way.
 
Anyone who visits Stockholm can visit Andromeda for real too!  They
have guided tours there -- the phone number of the person to call
is on that web page above.

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