With the rise of high-speed cable connections, dial-up modems have all but died out and the ancient practice of singing along to their strange songs has died with them. However, for those of us who lived through those dark days of the early Internet and still hear the haunting screech of 56K modems in our dreams, the site Bleeoo has arrived.
Like a veritable Alan Lomax of the dial-up era, Bleeoo lets users record their impressions of modem screeches and publish them online for all to see. There’s only a few offerings thus far, and none of them sound like the rhythmic 56k wail that I remember, so clearly more people need to get involved. If you came of age playing MUDs or waiting 20min to download a 3mb file, it is your solemn duty to log on to Bleeoo and sing a modem screech. We cannot let this valuable piece of our culture die.
(via Bleeoo, original image via James & Mary Bilancini)
Published: Sep 7, 2011 01:17 pm