This reminds me of the Atari 8 bit computers making sound when data was being transferred to the floppy drive and the cassette. The TRS-80 flashed an asterisk

This reminds me of the Atari 8 bit computers making sound when data was being transferred to the floppy drive and the cassette. The TRS-80 flashed an asterisk in the upper right corner of the display. I wish this was an option with modern computers if nothing else, for old times sake.