Old MSN 'winks'

Deleted member 77746 · 1 Jun 2015 at 11:00

-Mike- said:
That is not uh-oh as I remember it!

? Is it not?

-Mike- · 1 Jun 2015 at 11:36

mrbell1984 said:
? Is it not?

No, see the one I posted

Efour · 1 Jun 2015 at 12:39

Yeh mikes is consistent with experiences of ICQ nearly 20 years ago.

ohoh! lol

-Mike- · 1 Jun 2015 at 12:57

Efour said:
Yeh mikes is consistent with experiences of ICQ nearly 20 years ago.

ohoh! lol

You've just made me feel very old

Oh and I like the dialup sound too....

When are the men in white coats coming for me?

V F · 1 Jun 2015 at 15:36

-Mike- said:
You've just made me feel very old Oh and I like the dialup sound too....

When are the men in white coats coming for me?

Scary hearing that sound. It was a flashback to 1999 for me. Heh, DND set during Quake 3 sessions and you'd be flooded with uh-ohs.

Raoh · 1 Jun 2015 at 15:38

Those were the days; IQC and a blazing fast 56k modem connection (that cut off at midnight) - these kids today don't know how good they have it.
/pipe&slippers

-Mike- · 1 Jun 2015 at 15:43

V F said:
Scary hearing that sound. It was a flashback to 1999 for me. Heh, DND set during Quake 3 sessions and you'd be flooded with uh-ohs.

Raoh said:
Those were the days; IQC and a blazing fast 56k modem connection (that cut off at midnight) - these kids today don't know how good they have it.
/pipe&slippers

There was some related video I watched after giving my ears some 56k dialup pleasure (

) which had teens reactions to the internet.... their faces when the dialup modem sound was played to them was amusing......

Don't know how good they have it indeed! I'm pleased I was around to see the beginnings of the net really taking off.

V F · 1 Jun 2015 at 15:43

Irritating during a Quake 3 game and you'd hear the dreaded click. By the time you rejoined the server was full.

-Mike- said:
Don't know how good they have it indeed! I'm pleased I was around to see the beginnings of the net really taking off.

Were you one back then when you spoke of the Internet and the majority called you a nerd? The girls/women weren't any different. Look at them all on their phones browsing today…

-Mike- · 1 Jun 2015 at 16:08

V F said:
Irritating during a Quake 3 game and you'd hear the dreaded click. By the time you rejoined the server was full.

Were you one back then when you spoke of the Internet and the majority called you a nerd? The girls/women weren't any different. Look at them all on their phones browsing today…

I most definitely was! Tended to finish school, go out on my mountain bike for a couple of hours in the summer evenings with friends then on the computer. I found it absolutely amazing back then, remember asking my IT teacher if he had a problem with me using Hotmail and him not knowing what it was

Vinno · 1 Jun 2015 at 16:16

Raoh said:
Those were the days; IQC and a blazing fast 56k modem connection (that cut off at midnight) - these kids today don't know how good they have it.
/pipe&slippers

Yeah. Its crazy when you think back to how it was back then. I remember trying to sneak onto the internet before 6pm and my mum shouting at me because it would cost a fortune...ah good times.

V F · 1 Jun 2015 at 16:21

Adium for Mac which was like Trillian seems to be also going the way of the dodo. It hasn't had an update or project activity in over a year. Since all the services appear to be failing. Though it is open source.

http://forums.cocoaforge.com/viewforum.php?f=13

https://twitter.com/adium

Pawnless Endgame · 1 Jun 2015 at 16:28

-Mike- said:
That is not uh-oh as I remember it!

Mike, the sound you quoted is the one I've always known it to be. 1998, it give it context.

Mark A · 1 Jun 2015 at 19:10

Vinno said:
Yeah. I find it quite sad to be honest. I was trying to describe the MSN Gaming Zone to some teenage guy on Steam the other week and after a while I realised that I sound like my dad explaining some boring thing from his era.

I always thought it was a bit random that Rogue Spear was on there. I remember it being a pain to get a game going sometimes, but was brilliant when it worked.

V F · 1 Jun 2015 at 19:49

-Mike- said:
There was some related video I watched after giving my ears some 56k dialup pleasure ( ) which had teens reactions to the internet.... their faces when the dialup modem sound was played to them was amusing......

Don't know how good they have it indeed! I'm pleased I was around to see the beginnings of the net really taking off.

How many ICQ sounds were there? I found some through Adium.

http://sendvid.com/amx7h01r

ShaolinDreams · 2 Jun 2015 at 05:47

ASL?

bledd · 2 Jun 2015 at 06:29

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Jun 2015 at 09:46

ShaolinDreams said:
ASL?

18, Female, UK

zenf · 2 Jun 2015 at 10:57

Pawnless Endgame said:
Mike, the sound you quoted is the one I've always known it to be. 1998, it give it context.

Also from the original Worms game I believe (or possibly just very similar) which was the first game I played online! Still remember asking some guy what 'm8' meant, and then feeling stupid.

asim18 · 2 Jun 2015 at 11:07

-Mike- said:
remember asking my IT teacher if he had a problem with me using Hotmail and him not knowing what it was

You should make sure they know what Hotmail is before asking otherwise it sounds as if you're looking to use a hot male.

-Mike- · 2 Jun 2015 at 11:20

asim18 said:
You should make sure they know what Hotmail is before asking otherwise it sounds as if you're looking to use a hot male.

He looked at me like I was a little strange