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imagine hearing one of those clown tunes just as you lost hours of work. I'd be livid.

EEMac 6y ago
I loved my Mac at the time! But it was an abusive relationship. Crashes weren't constant, exactly, but they were random and pervasive. I got trained to automatically save my file at every single pause in my typing. Finish a sentence? Command-S. Minor edit? Command-S. Paste? Command-V, Command-S. I only noticed when I moved to another computer and muscle memory stopped working.
- michaelmrose 6y ago
  I remember playing with 3D Studio Max on windows 95 I think as a teenager after waiting for it to download over dialup for days. Windows 95 was generally sort of OK but it only ran on 95 in theory as it was designed for windows NT. Under 95 it crashed every 30 minutes so after every step I did I compulsively hit save. I don't think I have even really broken that habit at this point. Thus began the multi day wait to download windows NT as well.
- badsectoracula 6y ago
  Same here, though replace "Command+S" with "F2"(DOS)/"Ctrl+S"(Win). Also counting to 10 before turning off the PC because of software-based disk write cache :-P
  - dcminter 6y ago
    > software-based disk write cache Linux users of a certain era had to overcome compulsive use of 'sync ; sync ; sync' for much the same reason.
- girvo 6y ago
  I used to do the same on our Windows 95 box, and later 98 and 2000s. Hard habit to break to be honest. 3DS Max, Photoshop, Word, they'd all randomly crash on me for various reasons!
- WalterGR 6y ago
  > I got trained to automatically save my file at every single pause in my typing. Growing up with home computers in the 80s, I still have this habit. I suspect (without evidence) that it's pretty common. :)
- fnord77 6y ago
  sometimes the crash would happen during the save. then the file was corrupted
shagie 6y ago
These chimes only happened if the device failed the power on self test. These weren't heard in cases similar to what Windows experiences with a BSOD. You'll never hear them while doing work on the machine (unless you had it opened up and trying to figure out why it wasn't booting).
_jal 6y ago
My Mac's drive died on me during finals crunch in school one semester. I lost a long paper I'd finished the night before - was going to proof it before running over to the lab to print it - and had almost 100 more pages to write. This was early-90s, maybe 1/4 of the folks in my dorm had personal computers. I spent 4 days using other people's machines while they weren't, because the labs was already booked solid, and still had to take an extension on one paper. In conclusion, I like preemptive multitasking.
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spideymans 6y ago
I completely disagree. These tunes made computer failure a fun and enjoyable experience for the whole family!
- fnord77 6y ago
  so just as bad - hours of work you cannot get to

I loved my Mac at the time! But it was an abusive relationship. Crashes weren't constant, exactly, but they were random and pervasive. I got trained to automatically save my file at every single pause in my typing. Finish a sentence? Command-S. Minor edit? Command-S. Paste? Command-V, Command-S. I only noticed when I moved to another computer and muscle memory stopped working.

michaelmrose 6y ago
I remember playing with 3D Studio Max on windows 95 I think as a teenager after waiting for it to download over dialup for days. Windows 95 was generally sort of OK but it only ran on 95 in theory as it was designed for windows NT. Under 95 it crashed every 30 minutes so after every step I did I compulsively hit save. I don't think I have even really broken that habit at this point. Thus began the multi day wait to download windows NT as well.
badsectoracula 6y ago
Same here, though replace "Command+S" with "F2"(DOS)/"Ctrl+S"(Win). Also counting to 10 before turning off the PC because of software-based disk write cache :-P
- dcminter 6y ago
  > software-based disk write cache Linux users of a certain era had to overcome compulsive use of 'sync ; sync ; sync' for much the same reason.
girvo 6y ago
I used to do the same on our Windows 95 box, and later 98 and 2000s. Hard habit to break to be honest. 3DS Max, Photoshop, Word, they'd all randomly crash on me for various reasons!
WalterGR 6y ago
> I got trained to automatically save my file at every single pause in my typing. Growing up with home computers in the 80s, I still have this habit. I suspect (without evidence) that it's pretty common. :)
fnord77 6y ago
sometimes the crash would happen during the save. then the file was corrupted

shagie 6y ago

These chimes only happened if the device failed the power on self test. These weren't heard in cases similar to what Windows experiences with a BSOD. You'll never hear them while doing work on the machine (unless you had it opened up and trying to figure out why it wasn't booting).

_jal 6y ago

My Mac's drive died on me during finals crunch in school one semester. I lost a long paper I'd finished the night before - was going to proof it before running over to the lab to print it - and had almost 100 more pages to write. This was early-90s, maybe 1/4 of the folks in my dorm had personal computers. I spent 4 days using other people's machines while they weren't, because the labs was already booked solid, and still had to take an extension on one paper. In conclusion, I like preemptive multitasking.

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spideymans 6y ago

I completely disagree. These tunes made computer failure a fun and enjoyable experience for the whole family!

fnord77 6y ago
so just as bad - hours of work you cannot get to