Subj : Re: Big nostalgia hits
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Fri Nov 17 2023 07:32:00

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Bob Worm <=-

 pF>   Re: Big nostalgia hits
 pF>   By: Bob Worm to All on Thu Nov 16 2023 11:53 am

 BW> So - how about you lot? What has unexpectedly slapped you in the face with
 BW> nostalgia over the years?

 pF> Telix connect tones.

 pF> The beeeeeeeeP of an IBM PC posting.

 pF> The loud click a PC AT power supply switch made.

 pF> the DOOM E1M1 midi file.

 pF> The sound of a dot-matrix printer.

 pF> The bootup sound of a Macintosh Quadra.

Can't say as I've heard that last one.

I'll add:

The sound of a floppy drive reading/writing a disk.

The sound of an old MFM/RLL hard drive moving the heads around.

The various modem connection/negotiation tones.

Duke Nukem saying "Let's rock".



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