[click] >BRARRRRRRRRRRRT >tictictictictic >EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENGNGNHGHFGHFHFHFHF

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BRRRIIANNNG
DING DING DING

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BREEEPDUBREEPBRUUUPBURPBREEE

>>55259563
>memory counting up
>that feel when you installed a new SIMM and you turned the computer on for the first time afterward and you watched the memory climb to new heights
>or you fucked up and had to rearrange the SIMMs so they would all get used

YOU'VE GOT MAIL

'DONK!' Close button.

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>BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

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>click click click

>>55259605
Thanks for that.

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>BRARRRR BROOOP BROOP BROOP TIK TIK TIK BROOP BROOP BROOP

>>55259818
On our 286 we used to type park before turning it off.

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>SMART self-test at 2:00 am
https://0x0.st/cOQ.ogg

>>55259828
>playing the tron bike game off the floppy when I was little
Good shit

>>55260021
are we old m8?

>>55261383
Yes

>>55259661
Man, I miss those days
:(

>>55260021
>floppy
>not cartridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8otoOFeKYr0

>>55261549
its okay bro, we were there when computers were just babies, good times to be alive if you ask me

>>55261383
There are kids alive today who never even used windows XP, yes we are old

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What's this?

A nostalgia thread?

Can't have a proper nostalgia thread without this!

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

>>55261740
>tfw they grew up into Linux, Windows 10 and Mac,
Have you ever felt great dissapointment in your children?

>third world millenial
>I remember most of this shit
You old niggas were born in great times

>>55261919
>third world
Where do you live?

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>>55259563
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFlBd_awxX8

>>55261884
Mac is good, but his future is uncertain.

>>55259856
Sounds like a truck at full throttle.

>>55262019
I have a ST-225 just next to me, kek

>have two 1TB deskstars in desktop
>every hour they both make a screeching and loud clicking noise

Anyone remember that early 90's FDD game about being a goblin or hobbit or some shit climbing a mountain and looking for jewels through caves and mountain passes and such?

I could never find it and can't remember the name.

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>the feeling of the cold metal
>that slight give as you press the sides
>the metal on plastic friction you felt between the guard and the case
>the sound of the friction combined with the collapsing spring
>the definitive "chk" as the metal fully collapsed the spring and hit the end of its rail

>>55262177
You should probably ask /vr/

>>55262177
Ask /v/. They will give you a bunch of bullshit answers and memes, but eventually someone will give you the correct title.

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>>55262203
>the CHING as you release the guard and it slams back closed

>that old windows maze screensaver
>those words bouncing screensavers
>screensavers

>hitting the computer as a kid to make shit work
>everything is beige

>>55262254
>hitting the computer as a kid to make shit work
>being an idiot

>>55262254
>pipes screensaver

holy shit is Saturday night, get a life you nerds

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>>55262254

>>55262285
Do you know where you are

>>55262271
When I was 5 I surely knew what I was doing, specially because people hit computers on TV all the time

>>55262285
It's actually sunday morning

>>55262271
>he doesnt know about percussive maintaince

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WpAoHDHSbM

>>55262177
Hugo?

>>55262285
not where I am

>>55259563
>master
>slave

sjw would be screaming into their pillows if they knew this shit still existed in operating systems

>>55263711
KEK, nah.

>>55262177
>com/
God of Thunder is one like that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQXI5ns6iU

Game was the shit.

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VVVVUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM
TAC TAC TAC TAC
BEEP

BEEP

BEEP
BEEP

>>55265059
Kek I had one of these

>>55262344
Laughing

>>55263711
Well, do I have some news for ya...

>>55259856
Modern WD VelociRaptors still make kinda like these sounds when you make SMART test on them, I dont know what is happening in the drive but yeah it happens at least with VelociRaptors made in 2010 and 2012

https://youtu.be/GgN0EnXfTLU?t=10

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BRUBRUBRUUUU

"BONG"

>>55262103
Hitachi Deathstars are notorious for dying anon

back up while you can and buy new drives

>>55262203
My high school still sold these. Graduated in 2010. Remember buying a few.

>>55265745
That's actually pretty false. the original batch had a problem, but that issue was not only fixed for free, but wasn't present in any subsequent models. They're actually one of the most reliable disc drives you can buy desu

>>55262177
Treasure Mountain/Mathstorm?

>>55259605
Lastntime I dinged there were four dings

>>55265957
ur lyin t b h

My relatively new computer still makes the *DOOT* noise when you turn it on

Comfy as fuck

>>55266098
After upgrading to a CF card on an old retro box I have, I missed the hard drive sound, so I bought a cheap IDE drive and hooked the head hand up with a few transistors with changing speeds and wired the transistors to the hard drive LED.

Now when I have dick activity I can actually hear it like its an actual hard drive.

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>>55266098

>>55259563
>Emachines

>>55266150
>that doot
>that harddrive sound
>the heavy clack of an old keyboard
>the whirr of a CRT moniter
>blinking green status light when the harddrive is thinking
I miss these things

>>55263711
I'm just gonna leave this here.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/12/10/mozilla-open-source-support-first-awards-made/

>>55265745
>Hitachi Deathstars are notorious for dying anon
Whoever the fuck decided to come up with that name should be shot

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>>55259563
>Maxtor

>>55259661
I still get that feel.
>supermicro dual cpu board
>set it to autism mode to check ram during post
>tfw 32gb takes a minute or two to check

>>55259563
>maxtor
my nigga

>>55266098
all motherboards have pins for PC speaker even if it doesn't come with the speaker. I had to order my PC speaker. Only $1

Listen to some REAL seeking sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwSmQSxgARs

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[CLICK]

tick

tick

tick

...

>>55259818
I tried to convince my sister that it would say 'goodbye' for a split second before being turned off completely
Good times

>>55262344
Kek, I remember this joke

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>VROOM, ZIIIP
>DOOOOOOOOOONG

>have finless PSU
>Passive heat sink
>no board speaker
>M.2 SSD

The only signs of life is a blinking HD led.

>>55259563
>VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>ZINZINZINZINZINZIN
>BEEP
>BRAA BRAA BROOR (floppy disk seek test)
>DOS 6.22 loading
>MSCDEX driver loaded
>CD GAMES
>CD TITUS
>TITUS.EXE

life was good.

>>55269057
Sounds a lot like my netbook. Passive cooled and eMMC.

>>55259563
Old technology was slow, noisy, expensive, heavy shit. Got it.

>>55269192
>eMMC
Fug

>>55269222
The entire thing cost about as much as an mSATA drive, what do you expect?

>>55269057
My laptop only makes noise from the fan, but it makes some weird noises, like a faint screeching from the cpu, even when it's in sleep

>connect through dial up
>beeeeeep ditdootditdootdi dnnng krrrk krrrk krrrk pnnnnng pnnnnnng dnggndngndg krrrrrk krrrrrrk tnnnnnnnnnng kkkkkkkkkhhh

>>55265745
>Hitachi Deathstars are notorious for dying anon
you're thinking of IBM deskstars

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WAKE ME UP

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>thunk
>vwhrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRR
>BEEP
>tkkkkk tkkkkkk tik tktkkkkkkkkk
>sounds like the mmb on your logitech mouse scrolling
>...
>UDALUDA UDALUDA UDALUDA UDALUDA DUH DUH DUH DAAAAH DAH DUH

>>55270365
>not listening to NT 4.0 startup sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxsaHPVEgY

>>55270410
>screaming deamons clawing out of the immaterium

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...???

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RIP

>>55268973
I have that just next to me, kek!
Even with rom 2.0

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>>55270350
CANT WAKE UP

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252406265890

>>55270695
>makes Voodoo ritual sounds

>>55271146
>All natural pebbles for smoother power output

>>55271158
I'm not the one who's so far away
When I feel the snake bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don't remember why I came

>>55261756
my fisrt computer came was an IBM PS/2 with windows 3.1 shit was so dope back in the day playing moraffs world

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WRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAARRRRRRRRRRREEEEERRRRRRRUUUUUUFFFFFFFRRRW

>>55271146
I gotta start wrapping power cables in aluminum foil and selling them for $500.

>>55270695
i still have a voodoo 2, it came with quake 2 and was awsome

>>55259812
:')

>>55270350
>oxidised controller

>>55271290
Me too, I had it in a old power Macintosh, could play Quake (one) with glide, now I just installed it in a old Pentium1, more games.

>>55271587
kek, what a nuthouse

>>55259605
This is so relaxing, even in text. I miss it.

>>55271656
Kek

>>55271587
Top lel

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>Computer starts paging
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt brrrrrrrrrrrrrt brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt brrrt brrt brrt brrt brrrrrrrrrrt brrt brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

>>55271850
Oh shit I have one of those towers

>>55271850
I want to upgrade one of those cases to modern specs but I dont want to ruin the sanctity that is a retro tower, I need to find one that's just an empty shell

>>55271889
Oh boy. I wish I could help you. Your two best bets are your local broken electronics depot or finding one on the curb of a computer-illiterate family.

>>55259828
CLACK

sweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweepsweep

TEEEDEEDOO. tuh kuh tuh kuh tuh kuh TEEEDEEEDOO tuh kuh tuh kuh TEEDEE TEEDEE TEEDEE TEE tuh kuh tuh kuh TEEDEEDOO

Sometimes it was like a song.

>>55259812
Damn

>>55271146
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/252406265890

"Even though it sounds quicker, it also sounds calm and relaxing like the clear blue sea. Hyper Ocean is very addicting, you just can't get enough of it."

Jesus. The chinks are getting crafty with those buzzwords.

>>55261919
Everybody is a millennial here.

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>chimes.wav

>>55266053
there's 5

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i miss my old packard bell sounding like a terminator starting up.

>>55261756
Omg there are kids today that NVR had to use win 95/3.1. Also NVR had the chance to play the epic story of Oregon Trail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx_vWkv50uk

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>640K Initalized

>>55261919
I remember using flop disks in 2007 in school

Brazil sucks

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>"HUUUUUURRNNNGGGGGGHHHHHH BEEEP HUUUUURNGGGGHHHH BEEP BEEP huuurnghhhhgur."

>>55266157
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aST-5fzb1Iw

This is all I think of when I see that TOOT

What is it about old technology that is so comfy?

>>55259563
>>55259605
>>55259632

Fuck ouch my nostalgia.

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>>55259812

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All these nostalgia posts are just that sadly - nostalgia

I continue to work with legacy tech at my workplace, transferring drivers over via floppy is still a thing for me on a monthly basis.

I am just glad that I can use a USB floppy drive on my modern laptop and don't have to use some dell optiplex or something as an intermediate machine

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another shitty picture

>>55262220
lol no, /v/ doesn't play anything made before 2001. /vr/ is a much better board for old games.

>>55270695
What a fucking dumb card was the voodoo.
Multiple core on the same pcb and with external power supply... ho wait.

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet

http://www.therestartpage.com/

In the UK our computers didn't go beep they went bong.

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>>55271146
$140. Its literally braided cable with tinfoil

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>>55268973

>>55274205
Fucking Pandora batterys

>>55274094
Obviously modern computers are fucking leauges ahead but none of it has the little sounds or smells that it used to have

>>55274094
god help you, I fucking hate USB floppy drives though, disks don't seem to last as long when you use one

>>55274984
Wish I had one. These guys are so hard to find nowadays, and if you find one, they cost a premium.

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>BSSSSZZZZHHHHZZZZ
>loud sound I can't describe to this day

>>55275092
True, found it by pure luck.

>>55274746
>turn on UK computer
>*click*
>HURUMPHF*cough* I SAY.. OH YES, THE TIMBLY WIMBLY THINKER DINKER, AH YES THATS ME HOW COULD I FORGET HMMMDMM AH YES
>BRRRTTRRNGHFHFHFH
>BONG
>RIGHT AS RAIN I AM YES
>OH BOTHER ITS KETTLE TIME HANG ON A MONUMENT
>[Windows has encountered a minor spot and needs to go to the pub with it's old toad to boot some growlers in the duff, please press any clicky clacky to restart]

>>55275113
Where do you live? EU or US?

>>55275130
Eastern Europe, got it off a local ad.

>>55273912

>>55275117
>please press any clicky claky to restart
Holy fuck my sides

>>55275117
More like
>[click]
>INSHALLAH KAFFER YOU MUST PAY THE JIZZYA FOR USE OF 3 BONGS PF COMPUTER TIMEY WIMEY
>disk tray pops put
>INSERT THE JIZZYA IMMEDIATELY
>police kick door in and arrest you for unlawful use of a disk tray without disk tray licence

>>55275140
I'm somewhat jealous.

>>55275200
That makes me blush

>>55275200
You don't want to know what stuff I already ordered for it, it's gonna be such a nice machine once I'm done-

>>55259840
When did automatic parking become standard? My first PC was a 386. And a couple original Compaq Portables my dad got for free.

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>>55267180
>Buildbot is a continuous build and integration system which has been immensely valuable to Mozilla over the past few years.
>Their award will be used to remove the term “slave” from all documentation, APIs and tests, and also to make improvements so Buildbot works better in the Amazon EC2 cloud.

CAN'T WAKE UP

>>55276496
Thats fucking retarded

>>55272722
Know how it feels, fellow Brazilian. Know how it feels.

>>55265059
God, that case with the green plastic inside. I still have one somewhere.

>>55276496
Kek, slave has been a tech term for over 50 years, now it's suddenly offencive? I'll remember to use it even more.

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>>55271260
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>55275112

you can't describe bliss

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>>55277587
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>55272827
Nostalgia and simpler times. Thoughts drift back to childhood.

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CRACKLE CRACKLE HISSSS HISSSS CRACKLE

>>55277775
>Nostalgia
I even have tech I never owned as a kid and made way before I was born, still comfy af.

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beep beep beep beep beep beep beep

ring ring, ring ring

errrrrrrrrrrr

de de de de de alkjdglkasd;ghsdg

herstyongkfleejerkth

whrrrr whrrrrrr

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http://youtu.be/sNi5FzB4N9c

>>55277821
Top lel

>>55272722
Same huebro, but in 2008

>>55277957
I just unironically installed one of those in my shed shitbox.

It's not a meme.

>>55272827
It's different. Way more dedicated to the purpose, feels like a machine, and looks cool. Stuff nowadays is very appliance-like, and doesn't really feel like advanced technology.

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>>55271260
>>55277587
I'm always do enema with lubricant for fan-tan.

I miss the sound of the big floppy drive lock switch thing. Should buy a busted one for dirt cheap just to flip it up and down.

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>>55265059
I gotchu famalambamdam

>>55270410
That sounded like it was about to kick into
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHqV9mpzLyQ

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[tinnitus-inducing hiss]

>>55272506
> no female drives
Fuck off with your privileges

>>55274984
600 users as well, I see

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>>55259787
Thanks for teaching me to type sensei.

>>55277587
delta fan is best fan