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Dot matrix printer go EEEEEEEN-futfutfut-EEEEEEEEN-futfutfut... (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 months ago (5 children)

If you started a call with your cellphone close to a loudspeaker you could hear the connection being initiated through the speaker. Something like a tat-ara-tat sound.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

It never went away.
I can still hear incoming calls, texts, and tower pings with my headphones.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah. I totally forgot about that. Why did that stop? Phones started using different frequencies or something?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's actually a change in audio equipment. If you have old speakers you can still hear it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

IIRC transmission power was higher back in the day and the shielding of electronics wasn’t quite as good. So if you put your phone by a speaker the RF interference would be enough to be able to hear over the speaker.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

GTA IV uses this sound when you're about to receive a call while driving. I remember being confused (and subsequently blown away by the attention to detail). I'm a little nostalgic for the sound so I'm glad it's preserved in that game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I think they made a song with that noise, something dance or techno or house

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Barcode Brothers - SMS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"They" probably made a bunch, but I'd recommend you to check out Venjent - Calling for You (ft. Oktae) (and anything else from him tbh).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

some GSM phones would reboot PCs if a call came through and was situated near the PC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I didn't know, that's fantastic!