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Boards of Canada played in lightbulbs: restored 1959 PDP-1 performance

Monday October 13, 2025. 10:50 PM , from Create Digital Music
This is truly haunting -- the sound of a vintage machine's lightbulbs hooked up to audio inputs, proving it can be more Boards of Canada than the actual Boards of Canada. Even the sound of loading up the punch cards and flipping the switches is oddly soothing. And more rabbit holes await.
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