This jumbled hunk of poo is what's known as an Atari Punk Console (schematic acquired from Rob the Fiddler.) By twiddling those metal knobs dangling out there, you can change the sound coming out of the brass speaker -- a loud, shrill, 8-bit like sound. The cool thing about this setup, though, is that that the entire thing is analog. There are no microprocessors, and gates et cetera involved -- just old school technology.
Future plans with the Atari Punk Console include tweaking the potentiometers (metal knobs) for better sensitivity, cleaning up the layout, and soldering it to a real board so it can be for keeps.
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