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They are right about the phone - slamming down was very satisfying.
They are right about the phone - slamming down was very satisfying.
So true...Say Goodbye to the Tech Sounds You'll Never Hear Again | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
They are right about the phone - slamming down was very satisfying.
I remember very clearly holding my hand on the outside of computer boxes to see when their drives started/stopped spinning up.The spin-up and Init sound of an old Seagate 20MB ST-225 hard disk drive. seemed so futureistic back then
I always silenced mine, after initially testing them. I hated that screeching sound.I am sure no one would ever miss the sound of a 56K modem dialing up
I always silenced mine, after initially testing them. I hated that screeching sound.
I didn't have those. Once set up and tested, they just worked. Thank you UNIX and Linux.Always kept mine noisy because it was easier to diagnose connection issues.
I didn't have those. Once set up and tested, they just worked. Thank you UNIX and Linux.
So true.I always kept the modem noises on, to ensure I had a good connection, and that the K56-flex and later V90 was connected ok. Basically because software or even Linux can't fix a mediocre phone line.
Android even has an app for that (the Speak n Spell)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.id.weston.scott.SpeakAndSpell&hl=en
They even have the Little Professor (the Speak n Math's more silent 1970s predecessor)
Android even has an app for that (the Speak n Spell)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.id.weston.scott.SpeakAndSpell&hl=en
They even have the Little Professor (the Speak n Math's more silent 1970s predecessor)
for me, those toys were my childhood. anyone remember the Talking Whiz Kid? my cousin had one but i never saw one working. every time it was 'missing cartridge'. never did get to see that one in action because at the time it was uber expensive.
a bit of trivia. the 1985 Chrysler New Yorker (built off the K-Car platform) Turbo had an 'Electronic Voice Alert' using the exact same TI Synthesizer chip used in the Speak n Spell and various Speak n products. i hope i am not the only one who has heard the infamous 'beep! beep! beep! Your washer fluid, is low!' or 'Don't forget your keys!'
1987 Chrysler New Yorker Voice Alert (EVA) - YouTube
Speak N' Spell commercial 1980 - YouTube
I wish i had one of these, it was around the same time as the Little Professor (1978). it looked like something out of Battlestar Galactica, too. that alone makes me wish i had one or an app emulating it:
And, for anyone who missed out during the innocent age of the late 1970s, early 1980s, this is the Little Professor. like the Speak n Math, it taught basic math problems (sans voice). i think it just kept playing whatever game you selected (and its current difficulty level, and believe me this thing gets freaking hard!) infinitely until you shut it off. if you made a mistake, it just said 'ERROR' in the same vain as the TI-30 calculator.
This is the Talking Whiz Kid. at the time it seemed more neat than any of the above, totally expensive though. my cousin had one non-functional missing the cartridge for i suppose the game it was meant to play. but anything with a dot-matrix LCD was cool for the time. i suppose i'll never know what exactly it did. even in Goodwill stores i have yet to find an example that does not die with 'insert cartridge' showing up. they are all missing that one vital component:
And, for anyone who missed out during the innocent age of the late 1970s, early 1980s, this is the Little Professor. like the Speak n Math, it taught basic math problems (sans voice). i think it just kept playing whatever game you selected (and its current difficulty level, and believe me this thing gets freaking hard!) infinitely until you shut it off. if you made a mistake, it just said 'ERROR' in the same vain as the TI-30 calculator.
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