10 technology noises from the past
From dial up modems to rewinding video tapes!
With our daily tasks made easier by technology we have taken a look back at those noises our gadgets used to make!
1. A dial up modem Before the days of broadband we had to listen to that screeching noise that would last for ages and half of the time your internet still wouldn't’t load!
2. TV static TV static was the noise a TV made when it couldn't’t get signal. We rarely hear it anymore as most TV’s just go silent when they can’t tune in, which tends to only be during a bad storm.
3. You’ve got mail In years gone by our computer was polite enough to inform us in a cheery voice that we had mail and sometimes made us jump!
4. The Nokia ringtone The good old days before smartphones, when this sound rang out everyone would be reaching for their mobile!
5. Tuning a radio It used to be a lot harder to tune into Magic as you had to fiddle around with those twisty dials and battle through tons of frequency. Sometimes it took real precision to get the radio station you wanted!
6. A slideshow projector changing slides Mainly heard in a work presentation or school assembly, the click of a projector changing slides was never a noise that indicated excitement.
8. A phone literally ring Although you still hear a phone ring (mainly a landline), you never actually hear it ring the way previous phones would, as they had real bells inside.
9. A video rewind Rewinding a video seemed a lot harder than rewinding a DVD, you could never get it quite right, and you could hear the reels of tape inside the video spinning around rapidly, which a lot of the time could result in the video actually breaking!
10. An analogue alarm clock Before everyone used their phones as alarms, most people had an analogue alarm clock. It made an awful noise, but there was no chance of pressing snooze over and over again and then dosing back off!