Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoElwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down19
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkElwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74apnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoKids these days won’t experience the dialup days… dial-tone seven-digit number beeps ringing 20-30 seconds of dialup modem connecting noises The moment you forgot the speakers were turned up from listening to The Offspring earlier WELCOME! YOU’VE GOT MAIL!
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months ago The moment you forgot the speakers were turned up from listening to The Offspring earlier Somehow, this was not an issue for me in the 1990s.
Kids these days won’t experience the dialup days…
dial-tone seven-digit number beeps ringing 20-30 seconds of dialup modem connecting noises
The moment you forgot the speakers were turned up from listening to The Offspring earlier
WELCOME!
YOU’VE GOT MAIL!
Somehow, this was not an issue for me in the 1990s.