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286 startup

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facuarmo

August 26th, 2019

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines
Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vintage computers

A 286 computer booting and running a self-test before reaching the OS, then getting shut down through the button at the middle of the right corner of the case, including part of the monitor shutting down.

The picked license is Creative Commons 0, but it'd be great if you could mention me in your work, if you ever use it for it, I'd like to take a look at what you've done.

Recorder: Moto G4 Play (harpia), laying flat and facing down on the case.
Microphone: built-in microphone.
Encoding: WAVE (lossless, 32-bit float PCM).
Processing: no DSP applied, removed a full piece of sound at the beginning and a full piece of sound at the end, including environmental noises that weren't related with this recording.

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286
booting
checking
computer
diagnose
old
retro
self
sound
sounds
startup
test
vintage

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:08.426

File size

11.5 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

32 bit

Channels

Mono

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OnOneArts

6 months, 4 weeks ago

What an amazing racket. Using in a school project. Thank you!

SilverIllusi...

1 year, 5 months ago

Very cool, thanks!

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WeirdlyworthIt

1 year, 6 months ago

noice

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PrankheitenE...

2 years, 6 months ago

This sounds more like an entire room of the loudest computers ever starting at the same time

groenaas

2 years, 7 months ago

Recording that close to the computer makes it sound absolutely bonkers! Like a huge battle robot booting up or something.

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