[ih] Internet sounds

[Craig Partridge]

My favorite sound memory is hearing the Mark I computer (1940s computer)
fire up.  The background is amusing.  In the 1970s/1980s half of the Mark I
was on display in Harvard's computer science building (the other half had
been sent to the Smithsonian I believe).  So a register bank, two paper
tape readers, and some memory.  One evening a few of us were curious and
started looking it over closely, when one guy (Marc Elvy, brilliant guy who
died too young) noted that the machine was plugged in and decided to flip
the on switch.  It started!  The Mark I used a rotor to synchronize all the
parts and the roar of the rotor and the noise of the card readers and
relays clattering was impressive (if short-lived -- we immediately yelled
"turn it off" for fear of damaging it).

Craig


On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 10:32 AM McMillan, Robert via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> This show is focused on Windows sounds, but at the very beginning it has a
> great archival recording of a 1960s computer starting up.
>
> https://www.20k.org/episodes/tadaitswindows
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> On Tue, 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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