Artifact Details

Title

Notes for programming music

Catalog Number

102665149

Type

Document

Description

Originally referred to as "My MIT Notebook," this graph paper computation notebook contains Samson's notes from December 1961 on how to program the computer to play musical tones for specific durations and some rhythms. Some pages include sets of code, or program flowcharts.

Date

1961

Author

Samson, Peter

Category

Paper/Record; Notebooks; Program Listing; Technical Paper or Note

Collection Title

PDP-1 Computer Materials

Series Title

Logbooks

Credit

Gift of Peter Samson

Lot Number

X3463.2006