spencer@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Randy Spencer) (11/21/87)
Ok, here we all are in a world that is dominated by Amigas that don't use the KickStart disk anymore. I want to do something to bring those days back. I am writting a program that will have an Audio Queue, I pondered what sound I wanted to use for quite some time before I came up with the solution. I want to use the sound the Amiga makes during self test, before it requests the KickStart disk. So I want to know... What are we hearing? What is the wave form? What is the frequency? I could digitize it, but that is a lot of data, I just assume not have. Any clues? I know that I can't use the boot code, it pokes registers, but has anyone decoded the boot roms? Know what the values are so I can send the correct stuff to the Audio.Device? Bryce? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Randy Spencer oops... accidently deleted my .signature while mucking with it... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) (12/28/87)
In article <6019@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> spencer@eris () writes: > Ok, here we all are in a world that is dominated by Amigas that don't > use the KickStart disk anymore. I want to do something to bring those > days back. I am writting a program that will have an Audio Queue, I > pondered what sound I wanted to use for quite some time before I came > up with the solution. I want to use the sound the Amiga makes during > self test, before it requests the KickStart disk. So I want to know... > What are we hearing? What is the wave form? What is the frequency? > I could digitize it, but that is a lot of data, I just assume not have. According to notes in the source, it's supposed to be a snatch of Sigfried's Theme from Wagner. Since I was unable to locate this Wanger group in my "Rolling Stone History of Rock and Roll", I am not able to testify as to whether this is really so. There are also notes from the "Close Encounters" theme present, but they are commented out. C G e C D E F E D D ^ half-note Note that you must have stereo sound for it to sound right, since as a diagnostic test, it is using different channels for each note. The actual code uses a sine-wave table and a table that controls the "playing" of the notes. Unfortunatly, since this code is from the "bootstrap" ROM's, it isn't played or even present in the A500 or A2000. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|ihnp4|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)
wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (12/29/87)
<<C G e C D E F E D D>> The phrase plays in about 1/4 second on my Amiga with all the notes seeming to be the same durration. I think it might be playing the phrase above, but I'm not sure. It sounds like there is only one D at the end. Believe it or not, I don't think I've ever paid attention to the sounds made by anybody else's Amiga when it boots. Do y'all agree, or is my machine goofing up? --Bill
trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) (12/30/87)
In article <3037@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes: >In article <6019@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> spencer@eris () writes: >> Ok, here we all are in a world that is dominated by Amigas that don't >> use the KickStart disk anymore. I want to do something to bring those >> days back. >whether this is really so. There are also notes from the "Close Encounters" >theme present, but they are commented out. In a somewhat related vein...has anyone done the digitized voice of HAL (2010) saying 'Hello, all my circuits are functional and...' as a bootup program for the Amiga yet? I can't recall the exact words (would have to reset the ST to hear it), but it is quite a nice effect for hard disk owners (loads in only a second or two, pronounces very distinctly that it is up, removes itself from memory and continues the boot process.) For all I know, it may have originated on the Amiga, but if so, I would appreciate hearing where I could get hold of it (for some friends.) -Todd Burkey trb@stag.UUCP
berman@stsci.EDU (Mike Berman) (12/31/87)
Being the die-hard Wagner "Ring" fan that I am, I was real anxious to
check out the possibility that the Amiga boot sound was actually the
Seigfried leitmotif. My Amiga is hooked up through my boom box, so I
turned it up REAL LOUD and turned the puppy on.
Sure enough, the tune is an arhythmic version of Seigfried's horn
call. For those unfamiliar with this theme, it was used heavily in
the movie "Excalibur" (I haven't seen the film, but I have this on
good faith from people who have). The music is "Siegfried's Funeral
March" from "Gotterdamerung". "Gotterdamerung" is the fourth part
of the ~20-hour "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Siegfried's theme also
appears prominently in the third part, "Siegfried".
The most famous theme from this work is "The Flight of the Valkyries"
from "Die Walkure". It was used in Apocolypse Now as well as a memorable
Bugs Bunny cartoon ("What's Opera, Doc?"). As a matter of fact, I
believe that Siegfried's theme is also in the cartoon.
--
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SPAN: {SCIVAX,KEPLER}::BERMANlupin3@UCSCB.UCSC.EDU (-=/ Larry Hastings /=-) (12/31/87)
+-In article <294@stag.UUCP>, trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) wrote:- +---------- | | In a somewhat related vein...has anyone done the digitized voice of | HAL (2010) saying 'Hello, all my circuits are functional and...' as a | bootup program for the Amiga yet? I can't recall the exact words | (would have to reset the ST to hear it), but it is quite a nice effect | for hard disk owners (loads in only a second or two, pronounces very | distinctly that it is up, removes itself from memory and continues the | boot process.) For all I know, it may have originated on the Amiga, | but if so, I would appreciate hearing where I could get hold of it | (for some friends.) | +---------- What I _REALLY_ want is someone (not me, I don't have a digitizer) to digitize Conky (the robot) from Pee Wee's Playhouse... whenever he is turned on each week, he makes some noises and then (in a Max Headroomian vein) cheerfully says "R-R-R-Read-d-d-d-y t-t-to asSIST YOu!". Now THAT is what an Amiga should do. -- .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . | _ _ _ _ |_| _ _ |_ -__ _ _ ARPA: lupin3@ucscb.ucsc.EDU L_ (_\( ( (_/ | |(_\_\ (_ || )(_)_\ UUCP: ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!lupin3 larry / hastings _/ BITNET: lupin3@ucscb@ucscc.BITNET ^v^v^vBoy, I'm glad I don't live in an alternate universe!^v^v^v Disclaimer: All original text above was pointless & random, & it makes me proud. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..
carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) (01/01/88)
In article <294@stag.UUCP> trb@stag.UUCP ( Todd Burkey ) writes: > >In a somewhat related vein...has anyone done the digitized voice of >HAL (2010) saying 'Hello, all my circuits are functional and...' as a >bootup program for the Amiga yet? Haven't seen that, but this may give you a laugh... Use Say -x filename on the attached file. ------ Remember to cut .signature off the end of the file too ------------- ---------------------------- cut here ---------------------------------- -r -s100 -p131day -p110zee -p87day -p65zee -s300 -p73give -p82me -p87your -s200 -p73ann -s300 -p87sir -s60 -p65troooo -s100 -p98ime -p138half -p110cray -p87zee -s300 -p73all -p82for -p87the -s200 -p98love -s300 -p110of -s60 -p98yoooo -s300 -p110it -p123won't -p110be -p98a -s200 -p131sty -s300 -p110lish -p98mah -s100 -p87ridge,,,, -s300 -p98I -s200 -p110can't -s300 -p87uh -s200 -p73ford -s300 -p87a -p73cah -s100 -p65ridge,,,, -s300 -p65But -s200 -p87you'd -s300 -p110look -s200 -p98sweet -s300 -p65uh -s200 -p87pon -s300 -p100the -p98seat -p110of -p123a -p131by -p110sih -p87cull -s200 -p98built -s300 -p65for -s60 -p87two -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Carolyn Scheppner -- CATS >>Commodore Amiga Technical Support<< UUCP ...{allegra,ihnp4,rutgers}!cbmvax!carolyn PHONE 215-431-9180 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
rap@dana.UUCP (Rob Peck) (01/05/88)
In article <173@obi-wan>, berman@stsci.EDU (Mike Berman) writes: > > Sure enough, the tune is an arhythmic version of Seigfried's horn > call. For those unfamiliar with this theme, it was used heavily in > the movie "Excalibur" (I haven't seen the film, but I have this on > good faith from people who have). The music is "Siegfried's Funeral > March" from "Gotterdamerung". "Gotterdamerung" is the fourth part > of the ~20-hour "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Siegfried's theme also > appears prominently in the third part, "Siegfried". For those who are interested in the origin of the sound, the boot diagnostics were written by one "Dusty" Bleher, whose nom-de-birth (heretofore unknown to most) is Siegfried. Sorry Dusty - I just hadda tell - you're famous now! Rob Peck ...ihnp4!hplabs!dana!rap
space@pnet02.cts.com (Lars Soltau) (01/07/88)
The name isn`t "Gotterdamerung", it`s "Goetterdaemmerung".
(Instead of the oe and ae in German there would be an umlaut.
Salut,
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