
Composer Matt Parker has used the sounds of 43 computers from the last 70 years, including the world’s first digital computer Colossus, to create a musical composition called the Imitation Archive.
Composer Matt Parker has used the sounds of 43 computers from the last 70 years, including the world’s first digital computer Colossus, to create a musical composition called the Imitation Archive.
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