I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.
@kibcol1049 I'm so old I remember when the internet was in black and white and they played an mp3 of the national anthem before it shut down every night.

@geospacedman @kibcol1049 MP3? Youngin'!

We just had to settle for the MIDI version, none of this waveform stuff.

@stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

*We* had to make do with a live orchestra in the corner of our sitting room.

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Tip of the hat (or should I say "Drop of a hat"?) to Flanders and Swann

@TheLancashireman @geospacedman @kibcol1049 I think the live orchestra is rather a significant upgrade in fidelity compared to a MP3.

Not very portable though.

@stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

Not if it's in your sitting room, I suspect. All the windows and the crockery in the cupoards would rattle.
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@TheLancashireman @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 Not compared to the line-printer you needed to print the score out in EBCDIC character-graphics.