Subj : Big nostalgia hits
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Bob Worm
Date : Fri Nov 17 2023 20:09:12

  Re: Big nostalgia hits
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bob Worm on Thu Nov 16 2023 17:51:53

Hi, Poindexter.

 > Telix connect tones.

I'm too young for this one, unfortunately, and YouTube only wants to give me clack-clack daisy wheel printing noises.

 > The beeeeeeeeP of an IBM PC posting.

Hmm. I'm with you, there. The ones with a proper paper speaker.

Along similar lines I think I probably yelped with excitement when I got the distinctive pan pipe "hooo" sound out of my Acorn the first time it booted. Hadn't heard that for probably two decades!

 > the DOOM E1M1 midi file.

Some legend has made a very fine replica of that on SID. Actually there are at least two versions out there but the one I'm thinking of is very faithful to the original.

 > The sound of a dot-matrix printer.

When I read this I thought "I don't miss that..." but, actually, while looking for the Telex sound I stumbled across footage of a 9 pin dot matrix and it definitely took me back!

 > The bootup sound of a Macintosh Quadra.

This one's a complete mystery to me, I shall look it up!

BobW

BobW
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