Received a new box of documents from Yaakov Kirschen in Israel a few days ago for use in my ongoing research project into his computer software.

Some of these documents are really sad, including a handwritten letter from his wife Sali to a creditor where she explains that they can’t repay a debt. Their projects generated almost no income, and they had spent all their savings to fund it.

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1/ A few months ago, in an update on my #YaakovKirschen research project, I shared some closeups of slides from ~1986 that showed glimpses of his lost "Magic Harp" software for the #CommodoreAmiga.

It was an early algorithmic music composer ... Software that could produce new music in certain styles such as Beatles/pop or Baroque.

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