[vcf-midatlantic] The sounds of computing media

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Wed Mar 16 16:38:33 UTC 2022


On 3/16/22 10:27, Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> HA, fun!
> 
> The one sound I wish I could hear on a regular basis, that isn't exactly in
> the category of your video, is the sound of an original IBM PC (10MB) hard
> drive pinging away. The computer lab in college had a couple of those, and
> I would hear it coming from the next room while I did my assignments on
> the Apple IIe (only the advanced students got to use the IBMs). I am sad
> that the memory of that sound is fading from my mind.

   The one that I love the most, still after all these years, is the 
"peep peep poop poop peep" of the Seagate ST-225.

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA


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