Post by trulyuseless on Oct 1, 2023 16:38:51 GMT
I've long been interested in identifying a sound I heard on school computers c.1992-94. The computers were Mac SE (or similar Macs of the era) and used in a high school journalism class. As such, games were not allowed on the machines. Yet when we discovered someone had installed Shufflepuck Café, the teacher relented and allowed the game to remain. Being allowed to play was used as a reward for work done in class.
Much like computers and applications today, you could set sounds to occur when certain functions occurred. One of the sound files we found on the machine was a voice saying, "vroom, dippy-dippy". There was no context. It was a man's voice, somewhat low, serious (not comical or silly), and not excessive.
A few of us began adding it to various random keystrokes. Time to print? Press Command-P. And there was "vroom, dippy-dippy". A few friends used it as an in-joke in conversations. But 30 years on, not surprisingly, I can't find anything about the phrase.
I'm curious if anyone else remembers it. I have always believed it was part of a game, but cannot fathom what it would be.
Thoughts?
Much like computers and applications today, you could set sounds to occur when certain functions occurred. One of the sound files we found on the machine was a voice saying, "vroom, dippy-dippy". There was no context. It was a man's voice, somewhat low, serious (not comical or silly), and not excessive.
A few of us began adding it to various random keystrokes. Time to print? Press Command-P. And there was "vroom, dippy-dippy". A few friends used it as an in-joke in conversations. But 30 years on, not surprisingly, I can't find anything about the phrase.
I'm curious if anyone else remembers it. I have always believed it was part of a game, but cannot fathom what it would be.
Thoughts?
