Subj : Re: Big nostalgia hits
To   : Gamgee
From : Bob Worm
Date : Fri Nov 17 2023 20:29:58

  Re: Re: Big nostalgia hits
  By: Gamgee to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Nov 17 2023 07:32:00

Hi, Gamgee.

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

I always loved the overlapping "neeeeer neeer noot" noises of dual 5.25" floppies self testing at boot.

Nowadays when I'm listening to a floppy drive it's usually because I'm looking out for that horrible scraping noise that tells me "that one's got dirt in it".

 > The various modem connection/negotiation tones.

My mate Martin claimed he could tell what rate a modem was going to sync at by listening to the connection tones. Annoyingly he actually could, +/- a couple of kbaud. Nerd.

 > Duke Nukem saying "Let's rock".

Oh, wow - you just gave me a flashback to Dan Douglas' Duke Smoochem 3D, an amazingly accurate replica of UK life built in the Duke3D engine. It's the most British thing ever...

BobW

BobW
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