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Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

It appears Donald Trump once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by heeding the hawkish counsel…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #FDD #GCC #Iran #iranwar #oil #StraitofHormuz #trump
https://www.europesays.com/2960635/

Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

It appears Donald Trump once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by heeding the hawkish counsel…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #fdd #GCC #Iran #iranwar #Oil #StraitofHormuz #Trump
https://www.newsbeep.com/516016/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/94132/ Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory #fdd #GCC #Iran #IranWar #Oil #StraitOfHormuz #trump

#Retro PC site - I like the basic layout
https://theretroweb.com/

▶️ #Motherboard, #BIOS, #Chips, #CPUs, #chipsets
#Expansion #Cards,
#HardDrives, #HD
#Optical #drives #CD,
#Floppy & #Tape #Drives #FDD.
#Drivers & #Software,
#IO ports,
Expansion #slots,
#Sockets,
#Power #Connectors,
#Manufacturers

#Retro PC site - I like the basic layout
https://theretroweb.com/

▶️ #Motherboard, #BIOS, #Chips, #CPUs, #chipsets
#Expansion #Cards,
#HardDrives, #HD
#Optical #drives #CD,
#Floppy & #Tape #Drives #FDD.
#Drivers & #Software,
#IO ports,
Expansion #slots,
#Sockets,
#Power #Connectors,
#Manufacturers

#Retro PC site - I like the basic layout
https://theretroweb.com/

▶️ #Motherboard, #BIOS, #Chips, #CPUs, #chipsets
#Expansion #Cards,
#HardDrives, #HD
#Optical #drives #CD,
#Floppy & #Tape #Drives #FDD.
#Drivers & #Software,
#IO ports,
Expansion #slots,
#Sockets,
#Power #Connectors,
#Manufacturers

Strikes in Ukraine and Russia kill at least 16 on Chernobyl anniversary | Region

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the anniversary with a warning that Russian attacks risk repeating history. kAm“#FDD:2 😀…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #region
https://www.europesays.com/2947896/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/66294/ Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first. #aei #enewsletter #fdd #InstituteForTheStudyOfWar #IranWar #Iraq #ThinkTanks

European ministers in Ukraine for Bucha atrocities anniversary as drones hammer Russian oil ports | National News

kAm|62?H9:=6[ &>6C65 #FDD:2? @:= 724:=:E:6D 😕 E96 q2=E:4 $62 |@?52J ?:89E 7@C E96 7:7E9 E:>6 😕 ;FDE @G6C…
#Europe #EU #energyindustry #European #Generalnews #Iranwar #militaryanddefense #oil-and-gas-industry #Politics #russiaukrainewar #russiaukrainewarBuchaeurope #warandunrest #Worldnews
https://www.europesays.com/europe/2011/

C64 SID

The SID CMOS IC in the C64 delivers an interesting eight bit sound colour in the C64

When I first heard the C64 SID as a kid it was nothing to throw your hat at. I've had experiences with concert piano's, tenor saxophones, percussion instruments in the electric range professional synths, bass guitars so I knew this bleep bloop ssshtt IC could never sound the way of the pro musical hardware, especially not the acoustic instruments.

Last Ninja I

It was when I heard the music of Last Ninja I knew that with it's severe limits, the Sound Interface Device has something special to offer. The composer of the music of this game did something marvelous.

He used arpeggio techniques to make the SID play chords

• SID does not play polyphonic sound
• Arpeggio gives the illusion of chords due to the rapid succession of notes played
• Iconic music was spawned with Last Ninja
• Unique arpeggio chords created on the SID are still seeked by those who were kids in that period
• Others copied the technique and a cult music genre was born
• People still create SID chords on emulated C64's to this day, since the machine is long gone in the anals of history

Background & history

Personal POV

• Being brought up with acoustic instruments of all kind, I know how good and a great instruments should sound
• I have perfect pitch
• I can hear up to the 1/100 of a Hz if a instrument is in tune
• It's annoying when instruments are out of tune for me.
• That distuned instrument, sounds like a kakaphony of cats squealing making the played music horrific in my head
• I came with a high level of raw musical talent enabling me to easily pickup all different kinds of acoustical instruments
• Behind a piano, without any formal training, I could easily play a song in minutes with the chords and the lead tune in a good manner
• I loved to play on the electric bass, so the bass track which I first compose in my head, when I play the piano, is played in sequence
• I would then pickup one of the brass instruments (I love the Tenor Sax) and play the lead well in munutes too
• All that was left was playing the chords on any synth or keyboard available (usually one of the Korg or Yamaha synths)
• I can hear and mix the levels of instruments in my head
• It's easy to remix a sound in my head without having to touch a mixing console
• All of these talents combined give me good insights in music as a whole and computer (SID music then) as a detail
  
• I can work on electrical equiment on the pcb level, something I picked up as a young kid
• From the age of three I disassembled tube radios with expert precision, making me fluent in the disassembly and assembly of tube radios
• I assembled them back in working order from the age of four, after complete disassebly!
• This gives me great insight in the hardware level of electronics

Last Ninja+

• I naturally dismantled my C64 again when I heard the game.
• Why did the game sound that way from a hardware POV
• What makes the IC tick
• I've got the manuals of all the IC's
• I had already replaced the PLA906114 Program Logic Array with a new one on a socked, with no qualms
• The PLA9016114 got too hot in the tropics (max temp 70C) so it never lived long without a heat sink.
• My PLA's were programmed by a friend of mine who was an expert in the programming field
• The new PLA's came blank
• I did all the extraction, socked soldering and other work myself

The answer was in the C64 hardware manual

• SID does just 8 bit audio
• has zero polyphony
• a limited frequency range both low and high
• has scratchy output (which I later learned to appreciate)
• has monophonic, single channel analog output
• is in actuality a fair sounding IC but far from great

The Yamaha 8 bit sound IC of that period was much better

Yamaha had less succes than the SID for a simple reason

Mass deployment

• SID was everywhere!
• C64 machines were sold like warm bread in the morning at the old baker
• Mass deployment means much more software programmed for the IC
• SID won on mass deplyment and lower price in comparison with the lead 8 bit Yamaha audio IC of that period
• The ammount of games making use of the SID was staggering in comparision
• Games drove the success of the SID to astronomical heights
• I got used to the SID, later seeking it's sound when I transitioned to my Amiga A500 with

Paula

• Paula is polyphonic with 16 bit (14 bits actually) sound
• Paula sounds much cleaner
• has 4 channels 0 1 2 3
• hard panning of channels in the stereo analog output
• more stability
• more joy

Motivation for seeking SID after it was gone...

• Simple
• NOSTALGIA
• We all have it
• even kids do

Ode to SID

You've been great

Seek last Ninja on the C64 Archive sites for listening pleasure

#C64 #SID #Paula #Amiga #technology #mathematics #Physics #Chemistry #Linear #Algebra #directory #load #FDD #RetroComputing #music #Saxophone #Baritone #Piano #Korg #synth

Load "$",8
List

#C64 #directory #load #FDD #RetroComputing

Last for today, but certainly not least: Ange Albertini presenting "Understanding file type identifiers"
@Ange
Warning: contains raw bytes

#Magika

https://github.com/google/magika

#hacklu2024 @hack_lu #Yara
#LibMagic #TrID #Yara #Magika #PeID #Pronom #FDD #ShareMime #DiE

Schatzkiste gefunden! Mit 💾 #Diskettenlaufwerk|en, passenden Kabel, 💿 CD-ROM Laufwerken, #Festplatte|n und einem #AMD #Athlon Prozessor.
#Sonntag #Retro #alt #FDD #HDD #CDROM #CPU #Computer #EDV #damals #Geschichte #IT

Архивация. Где лучше хранить холодные данные? Полный обзор на все типы физических ностителей от FDD до LTO и M-disk

На написание этой статьи меня сподвигнуло прослушивание выпуска подкаста Запуск завтра - Цифровая хрупкость. Как сохранить важное в сети (Episode 8 Season 13) . После которого у меня сложилось впечатление что гостья не разбирается в архивации, хотя вроде бы эксперт, а Самат называет не верные факты, например он говорит, что данные на LTO лентах хранятся до 100 лет, хотя даже производители на упаковке пишут 30 лет. По этому я решил сделать максимально полный обзор на все типы физических носитиелей которые доступны обычному человеку сегодня. FDD , NAND , CD , DVD , BD , SSD , HDD , LTO . А также попробую посчитать экономику и разобраться когда например выгоднее оставаться на HDD, а когда уже пора переходить на LTO.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/tuna/articles/988926/

#архивация #бэкапы #cd #dvd #blueray #mdisk #lto #hdd #fdd #ssd

Hello there, first time meeting! #Atari #FDD #retrocomputing

I hear:

― "The actual self-hosted server itself could be … in a bookshelf in an office …"

I see, at this precise moment:

― on his bookshelf, an archaic console with a floppy disk drive.

Thank you, nikau.

Also, why do I see these things? 🙃

https://video.nikau.io/w/9RVN23fgj7AeMVmVrr8so9?start=34s&stop=43s&loop=1&autoplay=1

#selfhosted #server #infrastructure #sovereignty #resistance #floppy #FDD #bookshelf #dyslexia #spectrum

Burning floppies is hard. I tought my USB drives started to die. Turns our it's just wild and old tech.

Long story short, I finally found the working command:

sudo dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/sdX bs=512 conv=notrunc,sync,fsync oflag=direct status=progress

This is the slowest but most stable way so far.

#Linux #FDD #Floppies #RetroComputing

@EUCommission @EUCouncil

#CEUM
#CETA #TrumpTradeWars
#GeoPol #TrumpCoup #TrumpTariffs
#USpol #CANpoli #EUpol

(9/n)

...latest utterance must be viewed with suspicion:

"The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’s (#FDD) #Turkish expert #SinaCiddi writes that under President Recep Tayyip #Erdogan, 👈“#Ankara is not only distancing itself from the West, but consciously working to undermine its core security interests.” 👈...

https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-830560

Confession:

I have never cared to learn what a "Feature Naming Template" is (reference: Feature Driven Development #FDD)

Cool story:

Turns out it's so practical that I've, naturally, been doing it my entire career.

My gratitude to whoever gave the format a name!

Factory new boards for #Commodore 1541II floppy disk drives - ASSY 340803. Fully assembled and functional. With burn-in test.
https://www.polyplay.xyz/Commodore-1541II-PCB-ASSY-340803-NOS
#C64 #1541 #floppy #fdd #diskette

Восстанавливаем данные с кассеты от старого стримера

Приветствую всех! Многие давно привыкли, что ленточные накопители — что-то высоконадёжное и предназначенное для долговременного использования. Но есть один стандарт, про который сказать так как-то не получается, и имя ему — QIC. Странная конструкция стримера и кассеты, не слишком уж долгий срок хранения — всё это про него. Так получилось, что как-то раз ко мне попал стример такого типа и кассета к нему, на которой ещё оставались какие-то данные. Что же с ним можно сделать? Давайте разбираться. Итак, в сегодняшней статье поговорим про стримеры стандарта QIC и miniQIC. Попутно разберёмся, как они работают и в чём их фатальный недостаток, попробуем восстановить данные с архива тридцатилетней давности и узнаем, почему нельзя пользоваться проприетарным софтом для резервного копирования.

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/853608/

#timeweb_статьи #стример #qic #fdd #дискеты #conner #seagate #qicstream #scsi #zftape #tar

40種類以上のFDDのスイッチ設定をまとめた資料集「FDD Setting Guide Book2 」
https://akiba-pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/news/1634619.html

#akiba_pc #PC周辺機器 #その他PC関連 #書籍 #PCパーツ #FDD #その他 #総合 #記事 #主要PCパーツ

Thanks to @logout for his FDD-to-USB box! It works like a charm. I was able to read my old high school diskettes containing e.g. source code in ASM for Intel 8051 CPUs. 🙂 Fascinating! By the way, all the 3.5" diskettes I tried are still perfectly usable and readable after more than 17 years!" https://technomorous.eu/post/197496024302
#fdd #diskette #asm #floppy

May I present to you:
The most #cursed #FrontPanel Configuration I did to this day:

It has everything I could get my hands on to this day.
Not shown are the internal 3,5" 1440kB #FDD i had in it earlier, but swapped it for the #FloppyEmulator cuz it was annoying that #Linux constantly checked if a #Floppy was in the drive.

May I present to you:
The most #cursed #FrontPanel Configuration I did to this day:

It has everything I could get my hands on to this day.
Not shown are the internal 3,5" 1440kB #FDD i had in it earlier, but swapped it for the #FloppyEmulator cuz it was annoying that #Linux constantly checked if a #Floppy was in the drive.

May I present to you:
The most #cursed #FrontPanel Configuration I did to this day:

It has everything I could get my hands on to this day.
Not shown are the internal 3,5" 1440kB #FDD i had in it earlier, but swapped it for the #FloppyEmulator cuz it was annoying that #Linux constantly checked if a #Floppy was in the drive.

Last for today, but certainly not least: Ange Albertini presenting "Understanding file type identifiers"
@Ange
Warning: contains raw bytes

#Magika

https://github.com/google/magika

#hacklu2024 @hack_lu #Yara
#LibMagic #TrID #Yara #Magika #PeID #Pronom #FDD #ShareMime #DiE

Last for today, but certainly not least: Ange Albertini presenting "Understanding file type identifiers"
@Ange
Warning: contains raw bytes

#Magika

https://github.com/google/magika

#hacklu2024 @hack_lu #Yara
#LibMagic #TrID #Yara #Magika #PeID #Pronom #FDD #ShareMime #DiE

Last for today, but certainly not least: Ange Albertini presenting "Understanding file type identifiers"
@Ange
Warning: contains raw bytes

#Magika

https://github.com/google/magika

#hacklu2024 @hack_lu #Yara
#LibMagic #TrID #Yara #Magika #PeID #Pronom #FDD #ShareMime #DiE

Last for today, but certainly not least: Ange Albertini presenting "Understanding file type identifiers"
@Ange
Warning: contains raw bytes

#Magika

https://github.com/google/magika

#hacklu2024 @hack_lu #Yara
#LibMagic #TrID #Yara #Magika #PeID #Pronom #FDD #ShareMime #DiE

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

Trump's Iran-war manifesto alleged to be taken from an Israeli-govt & AIPAC-linked source.

Eg, a list of 44 alleged Iranian terrorist actions against American citizens is “virtually identical” to a list published earlier by the source, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).

FDD's original name was the Hebrew word for “truth"; its mission to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.."

https://thegrayzone.com/2026/03/20/trump-plagiarized-iran-israel-think-tank/

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #AIPAC #FDD #news #IsraeliLies #USWarManifesto .

The deafening silence of Hezbollah in Latin America

For decades, U.S. and Israeli officials and analysts have warned that Iran maintains a network of terrorist sleeper…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Counterterrorism #FDD #Hezbollah #Iran #iranwar #Latinamerica
https://www.europesays.com/2856302/

C64 SID

The SID CMOS IC in the C64 delivers an interesting eight bit sound colour in the C64

When I first heard the C64 SID as a kid it was nothing to throw your hat at. I've had experiences with concert piano's, tenor saxophones, percussion instruments in the electric range professional synths, bass guitars so I knew this bleep bloop ssshtt IC could never sound the way of the pro musical hardware, especially not the acoustic instruments.

Last Ninja I

It was when I heard the music of Last Ninja I knew that with it's severe limits, the Sound Interface Device has something special to offer. The composer of the music of this game did something marvelous.

He used arpeggio techniques to make the SID play chords

• SID does not play polyphonic sound
• Arpeggio gives the illusion of chords due to the rapid succession of notes played
• Iconic music was spawned with Last Ninja
• Unique arpeggio chords created on the SID are still seeked by those who were kids in that period
• Others copied the technique and a cult music genre was born
• People still create SID chords on emulated C64's to this day, since the machine is long gone in the anals of history

Background & history

Personal POV

• Being brought up with acoustic instruments of all kind, I know how good and a great instruments should sound
• I have perfect pitch
• I can hear up to the 1/100 of a Hz if a instrument is in tune
• It's annoying when instruments are out of tune for me.
• That distuned instrument, sounds like a kakaphony of cats squealing making the played music horrific in my head
• I came with a high level of raw musical talent enabling me to easily pickup all different kinds of acoustical instruments
• Behind a piano, without any formal training, I could easily play a song in minutes with the chords and the lead tune in a good manner
• I loved to play on the electric bass, so the bass track which I first compose in my head, when I play the piano, is played in sequence
• I would then pickup one of the brass instruments (I love the Tenor Sax) and play the lead well in munutes too
• All that was left was playing the chords on any synth or keyboard available (usually one of the Korg or Yamaha synths)
• I can hear and mix the levels of instruments in my head
• It's easy to remix a sound in my head without having to touch a mixing console
• All of these talents combined give me good insights in music as a whole and computer (SID music then) as a detail
  
• I can work on electrical equiment on the pcb level, something I picked up as a young kid
• From the age of three I disassembled tube radios with expert precision, making me fluent in the disassembly and assembly of tube radios
• I assembled them back in working order from the age of four, after complete disassebly!
• This gives me great insight in the hardware level of electronics

Last Ninja+

• I naturally dismantled my C64 again when I heard the game.
• Why did the game sound that way from a hardware POV
• What makes the IC tick
• I've got the manuals of all the IC's
• I had already replaced the PLA906114 Program Logic Array with a new one on a socked, with no qualms
• The PLA9016114 got too hot in the tropics (max temp 70C) so it never lived long without a heat sink.
• My PLA's were programmed by a friend of mine who was an expert in the programming field
• The new PLA's came blank
• I did all the extraction, socked soldering and other work myself

The answer was in the C64 hardware manual

• SID does just 8 bit audio
• has zero polyphony
• a limited frequency range both low and high
• has scratchy output (which I later learned to appreciate)
• has monophonic, single channel analog output
• is in actuality a fair sounding IC but far from great

The Yamaha 8 bit sound IC of that period was much better

Yamaha had less succes than the SID for a simple reason

Mass deployment

• SID was everywhere!
• C64 machines were sold like warm bread in the morning at the old baker
• Mass deployment means much more software programmed for the IC
• SID won on mass deplyment and lower price in comparison with the lead 8 bit Yamaha audio IC of that period
• The ammount of games making use of the SID was staggering in comparision
• Games drove the success of the SID to astronomical heights
• I got used to the SID, later seeking it's sound when I transitioned to my Amiga A500 with

Paula

• Paula is polyphonic with 16 bit (14 bits actually) sound
• Paula sounds much cleaner
• has 4 channels 0 1 2 3
• hard panning of channels in the stereo analog output
• more stability
• more joy

Motivation for seeking SID after it was gone...

• Simple
• NOSTALGIA
• We all have it
• even kids do

Ode to SID

You've been great

Seek last Ninja on the C64 Archive sites for listening pleasure

#C64 #SID #Paula #Amiga #technology #mathematics #Physics #Chemistry #Linear #Algebra #directory #load #FDD #RetroComputing #music #Saxophone #Baritone #Piano #Korg #synth

C64 SID

The SID CMOS IC in the C64 delivers an interesting eight bit sound colour in the C64

When I first heard the C64 SID as a kid it was nothing to throw your hat at. I've had experiences with concert piano's, tenor saxophones, percussion instruments in the electric range professional synths, bass guitars so I knew this bleep bloop ssshtt IC could never sound the way of the pro musical hardware, especially not the acoustic instruments.

Last Ninja I

It was when I heard the music of Last Ninja I knew that with it's severe limits, the Sound Interface Device has something special to offer. The composer of the music of this game did something marvelous.

He used arpeggio techniques to make the SID play chords

• SID does not play polyphonic sound
• Arpeggio gives the illusion of chords due to the rapid succession of notes played
• Iconic music was spawned with Last Ninja
• Unique arpeggio chords created on the SID are still seeked by those who were kids in that period
• Others copied the technique and a cult music genre was born
• People still create SID chords on emulated C64's to this day, since the machine is long gone in the anals of history

Background & history

Personal POV

• Being brought up with acoustic instruments of all kind, I know how good and a great instruments should sound
• I have perfect pitch
• I can hear up to the 1/100 of a Hz if a instrument is in tune
• It's annoying when instruments are out of tune for me.
• That distuned instrument, sounds like a kakaphony of cats squealing making the played music horrific in my head
• I came with a high level of raw musical talent enabling me to easily pickup all different kinds of acoustical instruments
• Behind a piano, without any formal training, I could easily play a song in minutes with the chords and the lead tune in a good manner
• I loved to play on the electric bass, so the bass track which I first compose in my head, when I play the piano, is played in sequence
• I would then pickup one of the brass instruments (I love the Tenor Sax) and play the lead well in munutes too
• All that was left was playing the chords on any synth or keyboard available (usually one of the Korg or Yamaha synths)
• I can hear and mix the levels of instruments in my head
• It's easy to remix a sound in my head without having to touch a mixing console
• All of these talents combined give me good insights in music as a whole and computer (SID music then) as a detail
  
• I can work on electrical equiment on the pcb level, something I picked up as a young kid
• From the age of three I disassembled tube radios with expert precision, making me fluent in the disassembly and assembly of tube radios
• I assembled them back in working order from the age of four, after complete disassebly!
• This gives me great insight in the hardware level of electronics

Last Ninja+

• I naturally dismantled my C64 again when I heard the game.
• Why did the game sound that way from a hardware POV
• What makes the IC tick
• I've got the manuals of all the IC's
• I had already replaced the PLA906114 Program Logic Array with a new one on a socked, with no qualms
• The PLA9016114 got too hot in the tropics (max temp 70C) so it never lived long without a heat sink.
• My PLA's were programmed by a friend of mine who was an expert in the programming field
• The new PLA's came blank
• I did all the extraction, socked soldering and other work myself

The answer was in the C64 hardware manual

• SID does just 8 bit audio
• has zero polyphony
• a limited frequency range both low and high
• has scratchy output (which I later learned to appreciate)
• has monophonic, single channel analog output
• is in actuality a fair sounding IC but far from great

The Yamaha 8 bit sound IC of that period was much better

Yamaha had less succes than the SID for a simple reason

Mass deployment

• SID was everywhere!
• C64 machines were sold like warm bread in the morning at the old baker
• Mass deployment means much more software programmed for the IC
• SID won on mass deplyment and lower price in comparison with the lead 8 bit Yamaha audio IC of that period
• The ammount of games making use of the SID was staggering in comparision
• Games drove the success of the SID to astronomical heights
• I got used to the SID, later seeking it's sound when I transitioned to my Amiga A500 with

Paula

• Paula is polyphonic with 16 bit (14 bits actually) sound
• Paula sounds much cleaner
• has 4 channels 0 1 2 3
• hard panning of channels in the stereo analog output
• more stability
• more joy

Motivation for seeking SID after it was gone...

• Simple
• NOSTALGIA
• We all have it
• even kids do

Ode to SID

You've been great

Seek last Ninja on the C64 Archive sites for listening pleasure

#C64 #SID #Paula #Amiga #technology #mathematics #Physics #Chemistry #Linear #Algebra #directory #load #FDD #RetroComputing #music #Saxophone #Baritone #Piano #Korg #synth