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   vga256 (vga256@dialup.cafe)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 17:30:44 JST vga256

   does anyone else remember the exact POST sequence sounds for the first HDD they ever owned?

   mine turned out to be - after an hour of research - a Western Digital WD-383 (aka. Tandon TM-383) RLL 30mb hdd, belonging to my family's first PC: a 1989 Amstrad PC2086/30 8Mhz XT.

   the exact sequence of chitters, judders and beeps is burned into my brain. sadly, there are no recordings of that particular drive stored online. it's smaller cousin, the Tandon TM-252 has plenty of videos - unfortunately it has a slightly different self-test cycle.

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     ☠ Captain Arcee ☠ (captainarcee@retro-gaiden.com)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 17:30:44 JST ☠ Captain Arcee ☠

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     @vga256 no, but I wish my PC sounded like a 90s computer booting up when I turn it on. Closest I have to that is my server-grade fan spinning up. Makes it sound like I'm in the school computer lab from 20+ years ago