Sounds of the 90's - old computer and printer starting up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2013
- Sorry for the mistake in the video everyone, the PC is actually a 1993 build. I just unearthed the original purchace recipit that was dated to the 25/8/1993.
One of the relics from the past that resides in my room is this 1993 custom build desktop. It originally ran windiws 3.1 but my dad updated it to 95 a few years later. Amazingly it was in use up until 2004 when my dad finally got a new desktop, 12 years of service isn't bad for a computer! When we moved house if it didn't fit in the truck it was going in the rented dumpster, not letting that happen! So now I have it in my room and run it every now and again and it still runs like I remember it despite it's 20+ year age.
The printer is a bit more modern than the computer but still makes an impressive set of 90's tech sounds, except for that loud crunch at the start (that's only the second time I hear dit make that noise). It does however load paper crookedly enough to tear it and the last time it printed anything would have been about 2006/7 so the heads are pretty blocked as well. It needs a bit of TLC to work properly but I plan to fix it up eventually.
Enjoy some nostalgia from the 90's :)
Wow, this video has absolutely exploded in popularity. I never would have guessed people would be that interested in what I have always been told was 'junk'. Thanks for the features!
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Printers used to be much angrier back in the day.
Geoffrey Atkinson at least they were supporting emotions of user
I always figured this was the first dubstep.
They were so angry you could make a remix of printer sounds
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@@MikkoB89 hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha
they also lasted more than 6 months too.
The sound makes me comfortable I don't know why
Martic Ztn same
Takes you back when life was safe and you didn't have to worry.
@@robertoremelli It's true!
The sounds do the opposite to me.
it makes me very uncomfortable tf
that printer probably works better than 99% of printers today
Even though they were loud and took a long time to get going, there was something a lot more exciting about starting your computer up back then. Just the sheer idea that you had one (maybe with internet) was enough to put off the impatience that we suffer from now...Kind of miss the 90s :(
+Chany Philly I still love the way my modern computer starts up tough! It makes a bleep when it starts :D
+Chany Philly I indeed !! :(
+PrestigeClouds lol with SSD and linux. computer starts up in 1.82 seconds
I think that's because now we live in an era of overabundance, and people don't appreciate anything anymore (myself included).
Chany Philly these computers to sound kind of majestic don't they?
I love old computers! The sounds they make is music to my ears.
+TheMostAwesomeMan242 But printers... oh, printers sounded like the devil himself wiping his a*s
Lucas Módena hahahahahahahahaha
***** lol
Me too!
any reference to a Belgium band?... :)
I miss the sounds but I miss the smell too. Weird right?
+F DW I thought I was the only one
Smell?!? Maybe that means that it got burnt up.
No, not at all. I loved both the sound and the smell (not the printer though). Smelled like fun and freedom, time of from school and being done with homework.
I think it was the case that there usually were no case fans, which meant dust would settle on hot components. Then it would slightly burn when the PC had been running and the smell would be awesome.
I went into a server room in college and the only thing that caught my nose was the scent of computers, it took me straight to my childhood. 😭
That hard drive sound brings back major nostalgia.. It's still music to my ears. :D
My newly retired PC sounds just like that! (unless you mean the Floppy drive Seeking sound, which it doesn't have.)
Well, MY ears are bleeding...
Kitsune91 your profile picture is weird as hell 😬😂
cheeriosspagetty leave this is why I love old machines even after many many years they still work as well as they did when they were brand new though everything has to break at some point including this old Beast and it's accompanying printer nothing is forever in this universe even some of the best computers though the brand new ones are probably going to die before the old ones
It's just so great. That clicking represents the feeling that you are about to experience the future.
I remember my dad yelling at me from his room right when he heard that startup beep when I snuck onto the computer.
You can't turn down the startup beep. It didn't play though an external speaker.
How old are you
@OM G sounds like a wake timer
@OM G The beep is from the motherboard speaker which used to be loud af and could not be unplugged easily.
It's Amazing how those simple sound bring back a lot of memories....
+Hitman
Seriously. I want to cry :'(
@@NostalgiCrazy 1:32 disk white snake
@@theabominator2152 Huh?
Why does the sound of a 23-old year computer satisfy me
Nah, i'm WAAAAAY younger.
Miy Jholl I don't know, but I like it too
I Dunno. Maybe The Ways It Makes Those Sounds?
It's like analogous how 8 bit nice and simple sounds were sweet to hear
Nostalgia
The sound of the floppy drive checking for a boot disk really does take me back. I haven't has a floppy drive on my PC's since early 00's ! And the noise the hard drive makes takes me back. I really miss the big beige boxes we had back in the 90's
That tune when it started up literally gave me a nostalgia attack
I miss the 90's
Amen
Running in the 90s!
old computer boot ups were the ones where you had to start it up and go do something else to pass the time by.
Imagine having to install Windows on one. I remember having to install Win 3.11 on an old 486 using floppy disks. That was a pain in the ass because you couldn't just pop one disk in and go watch a movie. It was like 10 disks or so.
Jay Man Yeah it's 3 floppies for MS-DOS and 6 for Win 3.11. Went fast for me, but installing from virtual floppies on a Core i3 is faster than real floppies on a 486 lol.
@@FuglyFatt Windows 95 was 32 floppy disks if I remember correctly. It took forever!
I went to make breakfast. Usually tea and toast.
I remember my first computer that I got in 99/2000 with Windows 95 on it. Every time you have turned the computer off, the monitor would display on a black screen a orange text "press the power button to turn the computer off".
Damn those were the days...
+King Vito I should have put that in the video, this one has that kind of message too! "It it now safe to turn off your computer" I think this one says. Back in the days before auto power off was a thing :)
+King Vito I miss those computers and days
First OS what I had - Win 3.11 (1997/1998), then changed to Windows 95 (1 or 2 years later) :)
+DounutCereal That was before ATX became a standard, in the AT days.
Clorox Bleach oh the memories of the old mony growny grindy 90s computers
The printer sounds like a squirrel is being killed..
if that resembles a squirrel, what would an older matrix printer sound? hehe
Now that it true.
1:08 that startup sound is still incredible
your birds singing to the startup sound :)
I actually loved starting up these computers early in the morning while drinking a cup of good java. All the sounds gave it a soul coming from the subtle mechanical symphony. As the computer started up I felt I started up myself.
I suppose those who prefer old steam locomotives to the virtually soundless electric ones justify their fascination the same way. Sounds give inanimate objects a soul.
Exactly, technological things seemed to have life to them many years ago, one that was probably unintentional but made them all the better :)
Ah, the good old days!
ukranaut 1:13 oh my Lord that sound was just beautiful! Absolutely beautiful
I'm getting chills listening to it.
Donut, your computer flings me back into my childhood, I miss my old computer that made those sweet sweet nostalgic noises
Hey, I'm glad the vid's brought back the nostalgia for you and so many other people :)
25 years ago using one of these PCs I used to dream about having an iPad like device
In 2019 I’m watching this on my iPad
That thing must have a Sound Blaster too. And that printer! OMG, watch out Cylons.
LMAO I used to have those sounds as even as a new computer tech being trained about 17 years ago we were taught to listen to those sounds actually as part of the training. Listening to printer issues was also another lesson in order to see where the printer was failing ( not doing specific noises). All these sounds were still part of a computer techs training prior to 2000. Computers back then did spit out sounds during post. Hard drive noises were also taught as well when to know when a hard drive was failing. But these days those days are over, glad you put this video up!!!!
Danfuerth Gillis It's interesting to hear how things were back then, I never would have guessed that that'd be part of the training as a techie!
Danfuerth Gillis I believe these are Morse like codes being sent by the computer. Each specific error has its own respective sound. Correct me if I am mistaken.
+Danfuerth Gillis I actually trained myself (unknowingly) to do that as a kid. I knew the exact sounds my computer 'should' make during startup. If I ever heard anything out of place (the slightest sound difference) then it would immediately get my attention. Those days taught me how to troubleshoot (including improving the fault isolation process) which helped me as I transitioned to IT in adulthood.
Most systems ( portables) are now using solid state media so you can not hear any hard drive issues. Nowadays we use software to see those issues. Fun days on the dial up modem hearing the sounds we knew when the connection was "finally" made LOL.
This is awesome! I love old computers, I have a few just just never seem to want to die, including a stone age ms dos ''laptop'' (doesn't even have it's own battery and it's about 15cm thick with the lid closed!) I always enjoy firing it up and hearing the floppy drive buzzing though!
I can't believe how these days computers seem to die after only a few years, when I have some that are 20 years old + and still chugging away! This one is certainly a fine example, interesting to see the old printer as well!
Thanks for the video. :)
The struggle of trying to muffle the noise of the computer turning on after having snuck downstairs after bedtime.. to get some late night chatting in... Oh how I miss that thrill...
I'd no idea how much I'd missed these sounds, until now.
1:32 what follows is an audible representation of my mind just after waking thinking of the night before.
I love the sound form the hard drive ;)
that fan and harddisk sound... so beautiful...
I was 4 years old when these computers were around and I miss them. I used to like the sounds when the internet was connecting to the phone line. The good old days but I think I’m old fashioned and wish we could go back to these times lol
printer trying to audition for transformers methinks
How the hell DID we ever get anything done on those
With your fingers
im only a teen but wow man, i adore the 80s & 90s and THIS is honestly music to my ears duuuude
To this day, I still believe 1990's computers are the best computers ever built. They are extremely reliable and in many cases can still be used today for a lot of great stuff. I noticed a Compaq Deskpro under that nice loud printer!
Yep, you see right. It was the computer that superceeded (along with another computer about the same time) the one the vid is about until it blew up. It's been resurrected recently too.
I have to say, the older stuff is much more enjoyable to use than the modern stuff, and it has character to boot!
DounutCereal Good job fixing the Deskpro! I had two Dell PSU's blow up on me last year. lol
Yeah, I've been a collector for 2 years now. I believe almost all old technology is better than new, no matter what anyone says.
TheCRTman Thanks, that's a bit of crap luck you've had there. But I guess Dell is Dell (at least after my experiences with them)
If it has lasted as long as it has and still works, it's better. I totally agree with you, the old stuff is better in my opinion too
DounutCereal Yeah, Dell can be el cheapo.
I like almost everything old and almost nothing new.
That's such a beautiful sound.(the computer not the printer)
Hey whats the name of that dubstep song at 1:35 ?
DJ Epson Stylus Colour 440 - Printing mode.
Old printing🎧🎼🎵🎶
oh so thats how music sounds on laptop/shit speakers
Mattias IA Eklundh - Print This
Mistabishi - Printer Jam (barbarix remix)
This is so incredibly satisfying. (I also had that wall paper and used it for a LONG time!)
Try using those old printers that only printed black which really look like a faded gray. They also took printing papers that had tons of tiny holes that ran down the side of the printer paper so it make the printer move the paper up when printing. You had tear off the holes when done printing which would end up tearing the paper if you didn't do it carefully. It usually took three to four hours to print a birthday banner and they were really loud when they printed. My parents never upgraded to a Windows 95 OS computer ,so we had to deal with a gray screened computer (No operating system) and a really loud printer. I love the video and brings back nostalgia to my childhood. Thanks for uploading.
Aaaahh....So nice. This computer is somewhere between my (parent's) clunky old Windows 3.1 (later upgraded to 3.11! For Workgroups!) equipped Packard Bell from '92-93 and those crazy awesome towers at my junior high school with their mega fast 166MHz processors that I just _knew_ were Intel Pentiums, which were totally rad. And they had Windows 95! And check out that 16-bit colour depth! And they had speakers, too...Whoa...
...Sorry, I got a bit carried away.
Also the floppy drive seek test somehow always satisfies me...
Lots of people lost precious moments of their lives waiting for these things to boot up, 2-3 minutes per boot. Ahhhh, that DOS prompt...I will never miss.
To get nostalgia from older computer/hardware start up sounds. These things aren't USELESS, but man I'd have a hard time finding a use for them.
One thing I don't miss is old internet speeds! We had 56K for about 3 years, and mom was always on the telephone.
That sweet startup sound of windows 95
Fond memories of WIndows 95. Used to play hours Doom on it with my buddy.
Ankush Setpal I think he was joking. I hope he was joking...
Ankush Setpal
I wouldn't be too worried about him, I thought it was actually kinda funny :)
What a memory, children nowadays can't have this feeling :)
Oh wow, blast from the past, thank you so much for posting this :D
Jesus, too many memories
Nah, just 32 megs
Nice setup.
Things have deffinately changed in just 3 or 4 years, my 09' laptop is really starting to show it's age now.
I'm in 2021 and surfing the internet with a HP laptop made in 2011. Cheap, effective, does what I want it to do.
Ah yes, back when 2009 was “3 or 4 years ago.”
Damn, I was born around this time. I dont particularly remember the computers back then, but when The printer came on, I could vividly remember my father at his desk turning on the printer that made those EXACT sounds, probably also an Epson same or similar model. Damn...
This is such authentic 90s.
best vaporwave song ever, thanks for posting
I'm emotional 😢
Beautiful to me. I had wanted a PC for 5 years badly when in 1994 I got one. Hearing that PC boot up and check floppies laden me giddy
dude, I feel so old watching this video, I loved the W95 startup sound (made by Brian Eno) also had that printer too, so trusty and helpful, so many good memories, I just want to cry
I'm crying right now. Is that wrong?
Oh man, I remember playing Mechwarrior 4 on one of those
HELL YEA!
On windows 95?
Don't you mean Mechwarrior 2?
I still got mechwarrior 2
Memories just flooding back...thanks for the vid :)
Those mechanical clicking sound, bring my memory back from around 20 years ago. When my Dad open LOTUS123 right after the computer is on and ready.
It makes me sad because with modern hardware, you have to replace everything after a while. On my 2nd pc, I had to replace the HDD and the graphics card after 5 years, while my old windows 98 pc (my 1st one) still worked when I booted it up last year ...
Also, mice have dropped considerably in quality. I have a wired usb Logitech mouse which I wanted to replace (paint was coming of) after 7 years of heavy use. The replacement Logitech was wireless and died after a year already ...
Agreed, they need to makes things like they used to. They used to last forever, even some of the old laptops I have still work with nothing wrong and they're from the 90's. My newest computer has had countless repairs and replacements, my replacement set of hinges just broke again the other week for example.
My logitech mouse lasted about 4 years before dying, the old ball mouse with this computer is working fine after what? 15 years...
DounutCereal As sad as it is, building things to last forever isn't very good for business, and they know that. There's even a term for it and a documentary that explains it all in vivid detail. Google "planned obsolescence". That doesn't mean there aren't things with better build quality. There are, but they're just way more expensive than your average consumer product.
frozencheetos
That is unfortunately true, planned obsolescence is both a great business point but in the long run is not as good as it seems. It creates a lot of electronic waste that, to be honest, isn't as recycled as well as it could be since most people just dump things straight in a bin instead of the recycle or electronic collection points.
I would really hope that those more expensive companies with better build quality and/or parts support win out over the 'throw away' manufacturers.
DounutCereal DOS or Win9x-era hardware is still useful for gaming, for one, if using a 10GB hard drive though, I'd recommend Win98se or FreeDOS because of FAT32 support if building a classic gaming rig though, and a PII with 128MB RAM would be sufficient for pure DOS, however a PIII with 512MB RAM would be better for Win98, and a Soundblaster 16 would work for a sound card in both pure DOS and Win98 and an S3 Trio 64v would work for a GPU in both pure DOS and Win98. Stay the hell away from ATI Rage if going pure DOS though, as DOS support is horrendous for that GPU.
As for an every day PC, late XP-era and newer hardware would work fine with a lightweight Linux distro of some sort, Xubuntu and Lubuntu would be the easiest to deal with, followed by OpenSUSE with LXDE or Xfce, Manjaro with LXDE or Xfce, Debian with LXDE or Xfce, or Arch with LXDE or Xfce.
I have an emachines t2865 from 2003. Had it when we first bought it way back then. The keyboard and mouse it came with still work 15 years later
Anyone still remember "Microsoft Plus!" ?
I miss the "mechanical" feel to computing from those days... The push buttons and levers from disk drives, the noises from the hard disks and of course the printers.
Now that brings back memories, the whole start up and.floppy disc grinding noise. Likewise with the printer. Amazing how we take all this for granted now, it really was exciting booting up the computer back then.
My Laserjet printer still sounds like that. Printers are the only thing that hasn't improved with the rest of the technological world. They still suck. All of them.
tech has gone further but mankind havent been able to make noiseless printer. I lost faith a little
@@TaylorsTopics Wireless printing is nice on the printers where it actually works. You'd think it wouldn't be that hard.
My inkjet is silent. Also useful when I'm out and about and want to print soemthing off at home! (until 31st December 2020 as Google cloud print is ending so I won't be able to anymore 😔)
lol i remember the old 90s computer sounds. The loud groaning type sounds they made....if a computer of today by some weird chance made those sounds then you would be totally screwed! lol
I forgot how loud these relics were lol Oh gosh it hurts my ears lol
i cant help resist these wonderful sounds! oh the memories of everyone with windows 98/95 and some win 2000 computers oh the memories of going to the dump and finding lots of old MS-DOS machines from the 80's! when i was little
I used win98 machines in early primary school
In primary we mainly had mac OS 8 and 7 machines
Ahhhh, an old Quantum. Such nice drives. I'd kill for one of those
Back in the dark ages….
Dio: *stops time*
Kira: *rewinds time*
Diavolo: *skips time*
Pucci: 1:32
Even though I'm 17 I remember computers starting up like this. Good times :)
Now you’re 23 😀
man the nostalgia. everytime i boot up a pc back then it feels so excited playing games like starcraft and age of empire 1 and many old classic games
sound alien insolation
I was 5 days old on August 25, 1993
Does it make you feel old (even though you're not yet)?
I know I'm not old yet. But the strange thing is, I do feel old
MAGNUM05 I wasn't even born yet when this came out
Dude, my dad had this sort of computer, and that sound gave me a lotta nostalgia, still remember when he let me play on his PC age of empires and what not
My parents still have that same Epson printer in their home, not in use of course.
First computer we got was a Gateway 2000 running windows 98. It came with like 20 games in a CD holder.
Monster Truck Madness, Redline Racing, and Flight Simulator '98 to name a few of the top of my head.
Good times.
that hdd sound
@1sonyzz The computer sounded like it had 2 hard drives in it. The one I think you are talking about is the Quantum hard drive. The older ones make that lovely seek sound. It was most likely a Quantum ProDrive or a Quantum Fireball.
Ill pay 900 for all of that i want to know what computers were like before I was around
I'm sorry to say but it's not for sale, I like it too much to let it go. However, ebay has had some really good listings for simmilar vintage machines when I have browsed so it might be worth a look. Some go for only 2 or 3 hundred too
k thank u i was looking for a gaming pc that plays older games and some wont work after trying soo hard to make them work
Super Charged4life try downloading DosBox, an emulator for old games in todays pcs:)
i did that
900 [dollars ?] for an old computer, are you crazy ?!
To be honest, this PC beats most of my friends GAMING PC's boot time..
You got my like.
for some reason I really needed to find and hear this printer sound. Thanks.
This takes me back
That printer is the loudest one I've heard ever, save the old dot matrix ones. Good nostalgia trip, thanks.
Great video. I used a printer much like that one, but Epson had the ink heads built on the printer so they would be completely dried up by now. That's why I stopped using mine in '99 since the color heads were blocked and a fix was very expensive. If you think your machine was a bit slow compared today, I started with a 286-16Mhz computer in '90 and it was ridiculously slow compared to today. I finished the 90's off with a Pentium MMX. Not all the hardware of that era was reliable either, many IDE drives had short lives along with poor power supplies, CD-ROM's, and especially floppy drives which usually ended up with horrible drift issues making disks unreadable except on the original drive used.
In the 2000s I had all this kind of stuff handed down to me and put into my bedroom. I loved it so much.
Almost 400k... lol... if nothing we're certainly a nostalgic generation.
Got to know those beeps pretty well, they were like song lyrics stuck in your head. You knew right away if some were missing & it wasn't going to boot.
Ahh, just to hear the beeps and hard drive noises from these old computers. Makes me miss my childhood.
You sure won't be sneaking onto a computer without anybody knowing if you have that computer. I have an old Windows XP that I don't use as my main computer anymore and it's still loud upon start up. The sound of the cooling fan starting up and the beeps. All of it is just amazing. Imagine that. Imagine working in an office building with these computers. When everybody would walk in and start up their computers.
Brings back memories of the computer lab in my elementary school. I remember hearing all of the computers starting up every morning.... my class was at the other end of the hall. lol
Oh God, that sounds when you start opening the computer. Reminds me of my old PC my dad bought when our house was just finished.
Exactly how my computer was! I used to own a Packard Bell from 1994 or 1995, I don't quite know, but it was exactly like this! The computer ran great until about 2009, then it stopped working one day. So unfortunate :(
The nostalgia makes my stomach turn a little. Such a huge part of my youth.
So much joy! I love the sounds.
Remember those noises when my dad was working on stuff on his Win95 computer at home. Our computer was so noisy, it sounded like a bike's engine :P
I miss the 90s.
glad i was around for those sounds, but dont really miss them
That windows start up takes me back to my old Sony Vaio desktop with that old 3D Movie Maker. And the 1st monster truck madness
i had the EXACT same printer and it did the EXACT same symphony! that's so weird, I haven't heard it for like 15 years, but I had all the sounds back in my brain!! amazing
Thank you for that walk down memory lane.
nostalgic that computer cranking up and windows coming on takes me back in time
Wow, I had a similar system in the mid-90s and if totally forgotten that startup tune. I kinda miss it now.
It's amazing how far we've come
I remember when my family first got a laptop. I would always make sure to wait and power it off correctly because thats what you had to do with a tower, " It is now safe to turn off your computer"
When I saw someone just close the lid, it blew my mind.