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Most memorable is the 1200 baud DTMF of my setup dialing to the local packet gateway. They're still around, though. The spinning/stopping of the C64 cassette dr
by toemetoch 14y ago
Most memorable is the 1200 baud DTMF of my setup dialing to the local packet gateway. They're still around, though. The spinning/stopping of the C64 cassette drive. And the head of a floppy drive seeking sectors, one developed a cunning sense (from trauma) to tell from the sound whether a failure was about to happen.
- mey 14y agoGot very good at listening to drive platters for that scratching noise that indicated the head was crashing and the drive needed to be replaced soon. Now my SSD is silent and I blindly sit and wait for wear leveling algorithm to fail.
- mutagen 14y agoI built my last desktop to be fairly quiet, low RPM fans in the case, a power supply and video card chosen for their reputation for quiet. Unfortunately I routed the front panel audio cables next to the SATA and until I re-routed them, I had a faint, high pitched audio drive activity indicator.