Computers used to be a lot noisier than they are today. And I don’t just mean the whir of spinning hard disks and the rattle of fans—they used to boop and beep every time you turned them on. If you ...

There have been many computers that played a little jingle to greet you upon booting. The NEC PC-9800 is a famous example, though almost all the Macintosh computers played either the soothing “booting ...

Why it matters: If you're a fan of vintage computing and miss those iconic startup sounds from classic PCs, there's a neat new accessory that can bring back that nostalgic feeling. A specialized M.2 ...