[ih] Internet sounds
Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
lyndon at orthanc.ca
Tue Apr 26 14:48:50 PDT 2022
> 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.
These are all generic computer sounds. Nothing to do with the Internet
per se. (Well, okay, the IMP :-))
For me, the first "sound" that I would definitively associate with
the Internet specifically is Carl Malamud's _Internet Talk Radio_
program from 1993.
--lyndon
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