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Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by willcipriano » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:26 AM UTC

Wow, I haven't heard this in twenty years or so. I think I found it searching through the windows folder pre-internet looking for something to do.

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#12

Post by adamredwoods » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:29 AM UTC

I had an Iomega Zip drive, too! So cool, but the higher capacities were too expensive and the parallel adapter didn't work everywhere. I forget if there were compatible discs, not made by Iomega, that were cheaper?

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#13

Post by gchucky » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:29 AM UTC

There was an easter egg in Windows 95 for clouds.mid.[1] You had to create a folder and rename it a few times, and then it would play the song[2]. Even hearing it now takes me back to a simpler time...

[1] https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/69883/musical-easter-egg... [2] https://soundcloud.com/brianorr/clouds

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#14

Post by xiamx » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:30 AM UTC

I think it would've been even more immersive if the screen was warped to cover the CRT

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#15

Post by riq_ » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:30 AM UTC

anotheraccount9 wrote: post #4

Windows 3.11 on a Tandy 1000... that's a hack right there ( http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html#III.C.1 ) ;)

It seems to be a Tandy 1000 RSX which supports Windows 3.1

Original photo is from here, which has Windows 3.1 running: http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/RLRLX.html

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#16

Post by mrblampo » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:33 AM UTC

littlebentoo wrote: post #8

mrblampo wrote: post #2

Thanks for sharing this! My sister and I used to love listening to this song on our Gateway 2000 when we were kids.

> listening to this song Song? It’s just music there’s no singing in it. Midi is an instrumental only declarative format.

Boooo.

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#17

Post by _nickwhite » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:37 AM UTC

If I ever start my own company with a real phone system, I’m putting canyon.mid as the on hold music. How cool would that be?

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#18

Post by FreeFull » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:37 AM UTC

riq_ wrote: post #15

anotheraccount9 wrote: post #4

Windows 3.11 on a Tandy 1000... that's a hack right there ( http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html#III.C.1 ) ;)

It seems to be a Tandy 1000 RSX which supports Windows 3.1 Original photo is from here, which has Windows 3.1 running: http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/RLRLX.html

Question is, would you be able to put a Soundblaster 16 inside it?

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#19

Post by littlebentoo » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:38 AM UTC

mrblampo wrote: post #16

littlebentoo wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> listening to this song Song? It’s just music there’s no singing in it. Midi is an instrumental only declarative format.

Boooo.

What does that mean?

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#20

Post by mrblampo » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 1:53 AM UTC

littlebentoo wrote: post #19

mrblampo wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Boooo.

What does that mean?

Sorry, I may have been making unfair assumptions about your intent with your comment about the definition of "song." Let's assume that you are just eager to help me understand proper usage of the term. Thank you for pointing this out. I'm aware of the distinction, but was making a choice to ignore it, because I think most people ignore it. And when I was a kid playing around with Windows 3.1 I definitely would have called it a song.