How about AudioAnimatronic robots?
like Aaron Fector's Rock Afire Explosion.
he invented them in the 80's for a pizza place.
then operated on reel to reel tape decks like Disneys.
here is a link to what they sounded and looked like: http://www.robotsandgames.com/clrae1f.rm
they last version used cdroms, thier data and sound
were on different tracks. and a MUX and computer would
sort the data and send it the the right movement on the
right figure. Arron was way ahead in technology then
Disney, he was doing multi-track when disney had a seperate
tape deck for each channel. the RAE's works fit is a tiny room
while disney had huge storage rooms of tape decks for each show.

Corey+

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