[Coco] Sort of OT: Dr. Who intro on a Model 4

Willard Goosey goosey at virgo.sdc.org
Tue Dec 9 00:20:46 EST 2014


On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 08:21:17AM -0600, Allen Huffman wrote:
> > On Dec 6, 2014, at 10:18 AM, John Guin <johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > http://mightymega.com/2014/12/03/doctor-who-on-a-trs-80/
> > 
> > You can hear the floppy head moving during the video.  
> 
> For those who didn't click - this is full motion video on a TRS-80 Model 4, spooling off of two floppy disks. As one disk it playing, he swaps out the second disk, and repeats. It is playing the intro from the 1970s Tom Baker-era Doctor Who TV shows, including audio. Very cool.

Pretty cool, but I suspect the guy made the video so he could watch
his work without having to swap the disks!

Willard
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