[vcf-midatlantic] The sounds of computing media

[Chris Fala]

Maybe that is the one I am talking about. I Googled that model and the
pictures look like what I remember. I love that rectangular LED too!




On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 12:38 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
>