Most of the dialup connection sound ain't shit, but everyone loves when it gets to the "de-dow, de-dow, kshhhhhhh-" bit, that part really slaps.
The first screetching part was like tires taking a curve at high speed.
The boinging part was like hitting the bumpers inside a pinball machine.
The final bit of static was like the fabric of reality tearing apart as you break through to... SURF THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY!!?!!
Like me, you may have developed a pavlovian response to that sound because it meant the modem probably wasn't going to throw an error and disconnect.
You made me Youtube search "Dial-up remix". I'm not even a little surprised that's a thing.
Some of them slap
The internet wasn't supposed to be this way! It was supposed to be a thing of beauty!
And porn. At least that never changed.
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No?...
https://youtu.be/gsNaR6FRuO0?si=7Xcowd6bLLMUU_Bi
This is what a later generation of modems sounded like.
LOL I'm 42 years old.
Ahh, memory problems eh?
Selfies for the soul.
