Subj : Re: Big nostalgia hits
To   : tenser
From : Atari8Guy
Date : Tue Nov 28 2023 01:31:14

On 18 Nov 23  07:05:13 tenser wrote...

TT> 
TT> On 16 Nov 2023 at 11:53a, Bob Worm pondered and said...   
TT>  BW> For some people it's the smell of waxed electronic components
TT>  BW> inside an old radio. For me, seeing the VGA 80x25 font for the
TT>  BW> first time in years almost crashed my brain from nostalgia
TT>  BW> overload. Even something as simple as seeing the word "CLICK!"
TT>  BW> when disconnecting from a (telnet) BBS sometimes sets me off.
TT>  BW> 
TT>  BW> Last night I heard the distinctive ding-ding-ding of a Quake
TT>  BW> grenade and it triggered an immediate rush of excitement and
TT>  BW> fond memories, way out of proportion to the stimulus.
TT>  BW> 
TT>  BW> So - how about you lot? What has unexpectedly slapped you in the
TT>  BW> face with nostalgia over the years? 
TT> 
TT> The 4.3BSD boot banner after the kernel loads on a VAX-11.
TT> 
TT> The sound of the floppy diskette on the original Macintosh.
TT> 
TT> Using VM/CMS on an IBM mainframe with x3270 and the 3179G fonts and
TT> color scheme.  The "RUNNING" string in the lower right corner.
TT> 
TT> The "Username:" prompt from VMS.
TT> 
TT> Logging into a Plan 9 terminal.
TT> 
TT> Reading C.
TT> 
TT> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)  * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin,
TT> New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101) 

To which Atari8Guy replies...

The Atari disk drive fart noise.  and the song it plays during the self
test.  Also that walking robot demo.

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