The Museum of Endangered Sounds | thanks for the pointer and write-up alexis madrigal

the history of the ibm band and their songbooks is well known. yet, i didn't know that an openbds or fujitsu song existed, too. (even the links are all dead by now.)

another, more recent corporate athem.

while asking around usual suspects, louis pouzin just replied: no song was sung for cyclades.

"... it never crossed our discussions."

even andreu vea's chronicles tell the line that the french networking group got inspired by the sound of a cigale ...

«Durante la primera demo que hicimos de la red (en noviembre de 1973), pusimos altavoces en los módems y, cada vez que pasaba un paquete, se oía un crujido (que era muy parecido al sonido que hace una cigarra (CIGALE) y decíamos: ¡Esto es Cigale!»

and louis adds:

"It was the song of a loudspeaker hooked to a transmission circuit."

peter glaser has found another twist to the story: the drummer carrier of a former punchcard operator.