Bill Sutton - Do It Yourself lyrics

I went to buy computers, and they said a million bucks For a brand new mainframe IBM, now that price really s**s So I looked at all the pictures, and I chose to build my own For you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home Now, take the CPU, you see it's only just a box With blinking lights and whirring fans and lots of cable slots So I spent an evening working with some wire and bulbs and pins Then I hauled it to the basement and I plugged the freezer in Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home Well, next I needed tape drives, my tape drives were a steal I climbed into the attic for my dad's old reel-to-reel Some cable and some binder twine, and soon it was complete: My CPU and tape drive at a price no one can beat Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home So then I looked for disk drives, but it didn't take me long Function follows form, they say, or have I got that wrong? I found a drive with five new modes that blows the rest away: Cottons, linens, wash and wear, rinse, and lingerie! Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home Well, I had to have a console just to make my system run Without a fancy console then my system wasn't done So, I tied a ten-buck typer to a broken TV tube And now I've got a console that can write the evening news Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home I've had my system running - I'll admit it's not the best The data isn't right, and the response time is a mess It crashes every hour, and it isn't worth a damn But I'm satisfied because it runs just like an IBM! Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home Yes, you can bulid a mainframe from the things you find at home