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UPDATE: Kraftwerk's old vocoder sells for $12,500

As massive Kraftwerk fan I eagerly followed this auction last week on Ebay. Basically an auction for 2 19" racks with some analog stuff soldered in it. Nothing fancy, most likely not even working anymore (main reason why it is in fact on sale I guess), just an artifact which shoul dbe in a museum. Hope it will and one day in their, since the somesounds on Autobahn were made on this!
So it went for 4 times the starting bid. Guys most have some money, or a passion ;)

UPDATE: Kraftwerk's old vocoder sells for $12,500

So, the Kraftwerk vocoder auction finished yesterday, and 60,000 hits on the auction page, it sold for $12,500 to a bidder from London called mjgooner. Presumably he's an Arsenal fan, and recently bought a nice-looking 1993 Alfa Romeo Spider, and a Bob Moog doll. If you're out there, mjgooner, get in touch and let us know how it feels!

[via Music thing]

CIDI as an coffee alternative for MIDI

Coffee rulz!
Just installed my espressomachine in my kitchen and pressurized that magnificent machine.
Made a tastefull espresso for myself and a creamy cappucino for my wife.
Than I read this article on BoingBoing... flashbacks to my old C64 with my 16kB memory extension card and the sleepless assembly programming nights.

Wondered: did I now buy the right coffee machine, does it have any digital interface, e.g. CIDI as an coffee alternative for MIDI?? anyway coffee still rulz

Vintage tech: Commodore 64 espresso maker plugin

Xeni Jardin: Scanned from a 1985 issue of the Italian computer magazine Microcomputer: a coffeemaker timing device for the Commodore 64. Link (thanks, Señor Tonto)

[via Boing Boing]