Question for Millenials

[fstjohn]

Who's heard this distinctive sound and what is it?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

[Termy]

I don't tend to click links which lead directly to people's files. Could you describe the sound?

I think I'm a Millennial. I occasionally hear the term, but I had to look it up. Apparently it's someone born in the 80s or 90s. For me it was the former. I expect it's a Dial-Up sound or the sound you'd hear on those old tapes in Amstrad machines. That's often what people enjoy sharing. Or it's the old HDD sounds, which I sorely miss! Those drives had character, and it was easy to hear possible faults. Or maybe it's a sound from Windows 95/98, like the iconic startup and login sounds. I'm definitely curious.

[fstjohn]

I don't tend to click links which lead directly to people's files. Could you describe the sound?

I think I'm a Millennial. I occasionally hear the term, but I had to look it up. Apparently it's someone born in the 80s or 90s. For me it was the former. I expect it's a Dial-Up sound or the sound you'd hear on those old tapes in Amstrad machines. That's often what people enjoy sharing. Or it's the old HDD sounds, which I sorely miss! Those drives had character, and it was easy to hear possible faults. Or maybe it's a sound from Windows 95/98, like the iconic startup and login sounds. I'm definitely curious.

The link leads to an MP3 file. If you don't want to follow it, then don't. Why not just ignore the post?

[Neil Edmond]

Since I was born in the 1950's, I know exactly what is producing that very familiar sound. But I'm not a millenial by any stretch, so not who you are asking.

[Oldun]

What Neil said.....

[Pierre]

+3

an very familiar sound, that still is.

[Artim]

I heard that sound in an old movie named War Games. A hacker looking to play an online war game "innocently" hacked into this top-secret military computer that constantly plays global thermonuclear war scenarios or something like that. That sound was the connection being made between computers and the electronic "handshake" between the machines when connecting using a land-based telephone. My grandparents call it "the AOL sound" because they heard it when they dialed into their internet service or a local Bulletin Board Server (BBS) with a computer on a landline (before cellphones got to be what they are today).

Or maybe it's an old FAX machine?

[bin]

Ah yes - I still recall the happy tune that my old US Robotics 9600 used to make as I connected to Compuserve.......

[Termy]

The link leads to an MP3 file. If you don't want to follow it, then don't. Why not just ignore the post?

Because I wanted to post something? Because it got me all nostalgic thinking what it might be? Because I wanted to? The very answer to your question is in my post: I didn't ignore the post because I had something to say. Oh well.

[rene]

Since I was born in the 1950's, I know exactly what is producing that very familiar sound. But I'm not a millenial by any stretch, so not who you are asking.

Some not millenials could try and identify the protocol and speed at which that handshake is settling...

[nooblinx]

dialup handshake

[ringshellfish]

Since I was born in the 1950's, I know exactly what is producing that very familiar sound. But I'm not a millenial by any stretch, so not who you are asking.

Some not millenials could try and identify the protocol and speed at which that handshake is settling...

It dials 15702340003, V.42 LAPM @ 3200baud

[rene]

If that's not just a joke -- and I suppose it's possible that it's not; major creds if you in fact piped that into some sort of analyzer -- isn't 3200 baud a bit odd? I did also believe to hear that's likely an older standard (the way in which it gets louder says something I believe as to age) but would've said 2400. In fact never heard of and certainly not used anything between 2400 and 9600.

Once again -- if real though: major creds...

[ringshellfish]

If that's not just a joke -- and I suppose it's possible that it's not; major creds if you in fact piped that into some sort of analyzer -- isn't 3200 baud a bit odd? I did also believe to hear that's likely an older standard (the way in which it gets louder says something I believe as to age) but would've said 2400. In fact never heard of and certainly not used anything between 2400 and 9600.

Once again -- if real though: major creds...

It's not a joke, but I'm not 100% sure if correct. I extracted the number with this tutorial. From there I found out that this a widely used sample for which a graphic exists (here)

[rene]

Not finding the V.42 LAPM 3200 thing there -- but still kudos for finding that. Fairly sure the numbers will be correct at least

[mediclaser]

Since I was born in the 1950's, I know exactly what is producing that very familiar sound. But I'm not a millenial by any stretch, so not who you are asking.

Some not millenials could try and identify the protocol and speed at which that handshake is settling...

It dials 15702340003, V.42 LAPM @ 3200baud

This forum needs to have a "like" button or something similar so I could express how impressed I am with this skill with just one click.

I still had dial-up internet back in 2004.

[exploder]

Been a while since I heard a dial up modem. I do not miss it at all, lol!