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Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by tgv » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #10

I was looking for typewriter sounds and several of them are "artistic renderings" that are completely useless as a form of documentation.

There's e.g. this one: http://www.mrgory.info/sm/ (path may look odd, but it probably means sound machine/museum/memory or something).

Re: Obsolete Sounds

#12

Post by ljlolel » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

I just made a new audio format that makes sharing sounds easier on mobile https://hxtube.com

Re: Obsolete Sounds

#13

Post by bee_rider » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC

binaryturtle wrote: post #4

Needs a recording of an Amiga reading in a floppy disk... and the floppy drive just waiting to be feed. Those were the sounds! :) (The interface on the website is a bit confusing to use, IMHO)

It is weird to think, computers are almost completely devoid of whirring nowadays. Other than the fan, and fans have gotten quite quiet. Floppies, CDs, hard drives. Tapes even (although I’m not that old).

It’s just kind of funny, I guess, the upcoming generation will never have the surprising “wow, my computer is silent” moment. I guess that was a one-time thing.

Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by Cockbrand » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

I can't believe nobody had nitpicked the obvious mistake yet: there never was an iBook Duo. The 68k Apple notebooks and the early PPC ones were called PowerBooks, so the correct naming is "PowerBook Duo 230".

Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by Pxtl » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

My personal "obsolete sound": The sound of an old C64 floppy drive failing a read.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JroA0Ap7zGU

Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by naikrovek » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC

> a brand new form of listening

bro go away from me with that crap. nothing has been invented, here.

Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by Loughla » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC

bee_rider wrote: post #13

binaryturtle wrote: post #4

Needs a recording of an Amiga reading in a floppy disk... and the floppy drive just waiting to be feed. Those were the sounds! :) (The interface on the website is a bit confusing to use, IMHO)

It is weird to think, computers are almost completely devoid of whirring nowadays. Other than the fan, and fans have gotten quite quiet. Floppies, CDs, hard drives. Tapes even (although I’m not that old). It’s just kind of funny, I guess, the upcoming generation will never have the surprising “wow, my computer is silent” moment. I guess that was a one-time thing.

I tried to describe to my kid the sound of a 5.25" floppy disc the other day. MMWA MWA mmmmmm MWAMWA mmmmmmm.

He has seen 3.5" discs, but never the large floppies. His mind almost exploded when I talked about games needing 7 or 8 discs and hitting certain points where the game would pause while you put a new disc in.

Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by antalis » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC

binaryturtle wrote: post #4

Needs a recording of an Amiga reading in a floppy disk... and the floppy drive just waiting to be feed. Those were the sounds! :) (The interface on the website is a bit confusing to use, IMHO)

Yes, there are two players, and often the bottom one plays and it's a different song than the one we selected, which is loaded in the top one.

Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by aaron695 » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:40 PM UTC

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Re: Obsolete Sounds

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Post by adolph » Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

I'd like to track down this sound for my sisters and me: Old Library Card Punch Machine. Finding the old library smell too would be a plus.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Library/comments/unek0c/old_library...