I am using a windows 98 computer with a sound card but no speakers. i use putty to log into a shell account and check email, and it has a feature that it will beep the system speaker when a bell ...

I used Windows 98, how about you? Windows XP? Of course. The sound effects from those operating systems still find their way into my brain even after all of these years.

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