[ih] Internet sounds

Clem Cole clemc at ccc.com
Tue Apr 26 13:13:04 PDT 2022


The traditional clatter of ASR33's in a terminal room ;-)
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 3:59 PM Andrew Walding via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> I would add the sounds of the daisy wheel printers and dot matrix printers
> to the list.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 2:56 PM Scott Bradner via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> > I learned programming on the PDP-1 prototype at Information International
> > Inc (Tripple-I)
> > it had a Macintosh amp tied to the low order bit of the accumulator
> > register - easy to tell
> > when you had a programming loop :-)
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > > On Apr 26, 2022, at 3:51 PM, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <
> > internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was wondering what sounds people associate with the early Internet.
> > >
> > > For instance, I remember the clatter of teletypes, Telebit and Hayes
> > modem tones, VT52 buzzes, the RF interference caused screeches from the
> AM
> > radio perched near IMP #1, the PC/IP telnet "chirp", the sound of a
> > DECwriter, etc.
> > >
> > > (I also wonder if anyone might have recordings, particularly of the
> VT52
> > razzy buzz or the PC/IP telnet "chirp".)
> > >
> > >     --karl--
> > >
> > >
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