From the screech of dial-up modems to the whirring of floppy disks, these iconic computer sounds take us on a journey back in time.

If you were born after wifi, the dial-up modem noise is what electronics used to sound like: dated, from the era of the fax machine and the non-customizable ringtone. To me, it’s more than that. The ...

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