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beth (defunct)@bethposting2/10/2023, 6:23 PM

walking mirage @atomicthumbs

colin @vogon2/10/2023, 2:43 AM

strong believer that at some point we gotta invent a little doodad that goes in a computer and makes some unnecessary machine noises so it sounds like it's doing something

the "little buzzer that pretends to make floppy drive head seek noise" functionality I paid $5 to have added to my amiga's floppy drive emulator was worth twice the price

walking mirage @atomicthumbs2/10/2023, 6:21 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOGNFq1w6Dw

it wouldn't be that hard to make a device that attaches to an ST-506 or ST-412's control connector and allows basic seek control (to only make noises) over USB. the drive already mounts in a couple of 5.25" drive bays

beth (defunct)@bethposting2/10/2023, 6:23 PM

reminds me of the things in some electric cars to make them louder so pedestrians hear them coming

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vivi @volty2/10/2023, 2:46 AM

every couple years i realize that for whatever reason all the sound effects in windows just stopped working. then i reenable them and they break after another week. i just wanna hear that brian eno when i turn my computer on, man.

hackermatic @hackermatic2/10/2023, 4:13 AM

I just have coil whine. 😢

I left Cohost, see bio for details @AriaSalvatrice2/10/2023, 5:12 AM

I simply have a ground loop between my GPU and my studio monitors 😎

Jama @Jama2/10/2023, 5:21 AM

Spent decades complaining about the computer being too loud, now want it back.

gay @mogg2/10/2023, 5:35 AM

it should produce a terrifying screech randomly just to keep everyone on their toes

astra★@lunettian2/10/2023, 6:50 AM

i know how to hook a solenoid up to my keyboard! i turn it on for ten seconds every 6 months or so, and realize that there's a limit to nostalgia

in tuft we trust @tit2/10/2023, 8:16 AM

machines should be loud. the louder they are, the more they are doing

Ash @ashteranic2/10/2023, 4:34 PM

Heh. Right now, my best indicator is that the AIO pump and fans spin up or the video card's fans spin up when it's under load. But motherboards still ship with a HDD LED activity header. Should be able connect something to that to make an artificial rapid clicking sound like an old-school mechanical arm HDD.

@bikemerlin2/10/2023, 5:27 PM

i built my first PC a couple years ago and decided i needed disc drive just in case. i've used it once or twice, but it makes a fantastic brief searching noise every time i wake the machine up. i love it!

Jessica @ticky2/10/2023, 6:26 PM

someone did this for hard drives! https://www.retrokits.de/index.php/hdd-clicker-v0-2/ I think LGR did a video, it's… not the most convincing, but it does add somewhat to the ambiance

Nire Bryce @NireBryce2/10/2023, 9:06 PM

tiny program that reads and writes to a dying hard drive based on IO utilization, and blasts the thing proportionally

@Fraktruck2/10/2023, 10:29 PM

I miss MrSolidSnake745 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lx0cWwVr1w

See you in the next hell, losers!@roxie2/13/2023, 2:22 PM

oh! theres a product like that that imitates a hard drive clicking, lgr did a review of it a while back! https://www.serdashop.com/HDDClicker

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Lapis the Nevrean @lapisnev2/10/2023, 6:28 PM

I want my internal speaker to chirp at me when something happens. Error dialog, desktop notification, WiFi coming up or down... I know it's possible because older software can do it, but newer software never does.

I wonder how hard it would be to write a libcanberra library so anything that would have made a sound beeps instead...

Catherine @whitequark2/10/2023, 8:22 PM

so i have an ST-412 and a Glasgow, and the existing floppy applet is basically sufficient to seek, etc