Do You Miss These Old-School Tech Sounds of Yesteryear? Listen to the Audio
- Posted on July 12, 2012 at 10:50am by
Liz Klimas
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Do you remember what a floppy disc was? No really, do you remember what it sounded like to put the plastic disc into your tower computer sitting on the floor next to your desk and listen as it processed?
These and other sounds are at risk for being lost and never heard again. That is, unless the Museum of Endangered Sounds has anything to say about it.
Business Insider, picking up on this trend, put together some of its favorite, old-school sounds. A few of them are embedded below, but check out their whole post to hear all 11 sounds here.
Floppy disc:
Ringtones:
You’ve Got Mail:
Microsoft Windows:
Visit the Museum of Endangered Sounds website to hear more audio that will make you feel nostalgic for old technology here.
Let us know the sounds you miss the most — and the ones you don’t — in the comments below.
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Comments (54)
Jeetman
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 6:12amLOL. It’s not nostalgia for me. I STILL have an old system that runs Win 98 and has a fully operational floppy drive. You may wonder why I still have this? Because I play a midi capable electronic piano (Yamaha Clavinova CLP-560) that I’ve had now for about 20 years and I have a piano software that is fantastic but is old and only compatible with 95-98. It’s timeless study, learning and editing software from a company that is no longer in business (the company was JUMP music). You can‘t buy this software today except for maybe on Ebay but it’s still great software that I still use to this day.
Report Post »THE BECKMEISTER
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 12:16amI remember with a great deal of fondness the whir of the disc in the disc drive of the computer when I was in high school. We thought we were so advanced back then, dashing down the halls with those discs, the size of dinner plates!(lol) As long as you heard a whir, all was right in computer-land. But if you heard a grinding…well, let’s just say you were going to have to run down to the school store and shell ou a couple of bucks for a new one, because the drive just ate your disc.
Report Post »I actually miss the snickity-snick of rotary phones. I’m actually hunting eBay to find a decent vintage one that still works. I, too, wish I didn‘t need a cell phone but because I’m terminal it’s kinda necessary.
I do NOT miss the nasty shrill of dial up! Ugh! That sound can be lost forever, for all I care!
LilliRose
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:29pmTV stations used to sign off around midnight.. they had different things, High Flight, that Indian pattern, and then the white noise… disappointing when you wanted to stay up and watch tv.
Report Post »Of course there were only 3 broadcast stations, maybe 2 if you didn’t have a strong antenna.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 11:45amWe had 5 stations, ABC, NBC, CBS, plus PBS, and an independent station that is now Fox. What ever happened to UPN?
Report Post »jsparker17
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 8:26pmYou know what i miss hearing??? The words “under G-d” in the pledge of allegiance. Yeah, i miss that
Report Post »John655
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:50pmHow about the sound of a striaght razor on leather. That’s a great shave!
Report Post »AmericanPatriot
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 5:24pmAnd a great sound. Kind of like the sound of a shell being loaded into a shotgun — it’s one you never forget!
Report Post »John655
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 9:49pmShotgun shell being loaded is not old school. I plan on having my daughters boyfriends hear that sound often. She’s only 4 but my pump action Winchester 1300 Defender will ready. Oh Yaa!
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 11:50am@JOHN655 … Willing to bet that you didn’t know the depth of what love felt like until that daughter of yours was first put into your arms after she was born. I‘m confident she’ll turn out just fine in this world with you as her daddy.
Report Post »hi-polymer
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 4:06pmI miss the sound of a world without cell phones, even though I like cell phones.
Report Post »RusHube
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:49pmHey…what about the old Fax sound?????? Or is that still in effect?
Report Post »Karron
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:37pmThe Cingular ring . . . ahhhhggggg!!! I HATE that sound!
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:03pmAhh, yesteryear. I remember “party lines” on the telephone. Your neighbour shared the same telephone line with you and maybe even a third user.
Report Post »“Hey Mable, could you get off the line, I have to call the doctor”. I miss the 1950′s
Snidely
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 3:45pmWe still had a party line in the 70′s. The school I went to in the 60‘s didn’t even have indoor plumbing. (a rural one-room school.)
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:54pm“You’ve Got Mail” & “Microsoft Windows” are the same videos… Someone needs to wake up.
Report Post »Big Media Bias
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:53pmI remember one of the first LIVE TALK AROUND THE GLOBE social internet programs, which also had text, was used around 1998. I spoke with a woman from Adelaide Australia. I don’t remember the name of the program, but it started with the letter “M” and was a huge font M with purple coloring and sort of had that batman look with a circle around it. The program had a ton of unique sounds. Sounds when it was connecting when using your dial up. Sounds when someone was connecting with a live person. Ringing tones when calls came in and out. I’ll never forget that experience. Really cool!
Report Post »JohnLarson
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:34pmThey still use all this technology in the South!
Report Post »DawnF
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:38pmYep – here in NC I am still on dial-up at home; and the Windows 98 OS with my Gateway tower…which is why I have to take care of computer stuff while at work, or on my laptop at a wi-fi hotspot!
Report Post »applehill
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:53pmI live in Alabama. I assure you they are more technologically advanced then a lot of the norther states. I’ve from Pennsylvania and I travel a lot. I do know this to be true.
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:30pmOops! Meant DC3
Report Post »Bloody Sam
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:59pmYeppers! That has to be the loudest sound I’ve ever heard. You can hear it real good from a half mile away. When they throttle up…..man oh man.
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:27pmFor non-“tech” sounds, nothing beats the roar of a twin prop DC8 taxiing for takeoff, or flying overhead at an altitude of about 3000 feet.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:22pmA Oh hell changed their sounds. I wonder when they’ll start workin g on improving their service.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:57pmI still wonder why there are people that just don’t get a real ISP.
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:58amThe really nostalgic sounds were the ones of Paul Krugman talking about how to bring back the economy. Those date back to the 1930′s. Don’t miss those!
Report Post »Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:58amI remember these any many older ones too. One thing, why did you guys put the AOL clip twice? Was your quality editor out sick that day?
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 11:58am@WOLFGAG … Geeze! Cut the editor some slack. We all make missteaks, especially when working on short dedlines.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:58amI miss the sound and “old times” of smaller government and less intrusion….
Report Post »lbk
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:48amNaw, the good ole days was the sound of the ruler coming down on your desk to get you to pay attention in class.
Report Post »lu10ant
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:33pmTo me, I miss the sounds of running out the back and hearing the screen door slam behind me.
Report Post »USNRET04
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:25amI was hoping to hear the computer analog modem connect sound.
Report Post »Kupo
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:34pmIt was there. You just have to follow the link to get the full set of sounds they have.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:24amI miss that nostalgic sound of the cathode ray tube attached to its satellite cable extensions crashing down on the rocks below.
Report Post »WayneXs
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:51amI really glad those days are gone. Gone are the days of slow expensive modems and bad telephone lines. I even got ride of Windows altogether and went completely Apple products and I‘m a much better person for it now that I don’t have to be concerned about product compatibility and reliability.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:03pm@WayneXs
Report Post »Yeah, not being the least bit knowledgeable about the technology you’re using is great…
LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:20am…
This reminds me of something a little boy said at a restaurant.
He told his Mother, that the real reason he loved coming to that particular restaurant, wasn’t because he liked their food so much. He said, he loves the constant sound of the clanking dishes. He said, it made eating there, so much fun.
It’s amazing, how simple sounds can comfort us, can bring back nice memories, and can make our lives so much more enjoyable.
Report Post »TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:17amA Beckbots yesteryear sound is one of a caveman chisling a rock to form a stone wheel and rubbing two sticks together to make fire because most of them are so old and irrelevant..LOL!
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:50amI’m a 32 yr old gay woman who listens to Glenn Beck, will be voting for Romney, and who believes in traditional marriage. Choke on that fascist! Your willed ignorance is not becoming.
Report Post »draconian_dave
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:54amOld people VOTE at a higher rate than any other group, thus negating your irrelevant “wish”. I guess you were out contact in Nov 2010.
Report Post »eternal_vigilance
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:59amWhich is EXACTLY where most of us will be if the ******* demonrats have their way. Of course that won‘t apply to them because they’ll be the “ruling class.”
@leftfighter
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:33pmI remember the sound of sticks rubbing together, but that’s because I was a boyscout when I was a kid, and that was only 20 years ago.
Report Post »Toltepeceno
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:34pmThe sound of ******** is that of pooping in their diapers. The next sound is of them lapping themselves on their foreheads when they grow up and swich to conservative.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 1:03pmTry starting a friction fire with sticks and you’ll know what real work is.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:08am“Oh, God!!! Oh, God!!!” Those were the good old days.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 11:06amI loved the Win95 /98 sounds and Nokia ringtones.
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