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Elwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74 (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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!

[โ€“] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks 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.