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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 226 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (66 children)

Haha I remember the days of downloading random EXEs off the internet and running them to see what they do (also the days of CD-rom drives).

My auntie somehow managed to get a virus that played Für Elise through the motherboard speaker and never stopped so long as the thing was on. I don't think they ever solved it, in the end they just got a new PC.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago (14 children)
[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Back in my day, that used to be the only way a computer could produce sound. Later on you could purchase a specialized sound card that would take up a slot in your motherboard.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago

My dad used to disable the motherboard speaker because the noises games made back then were more annoying than fun. We eventually got a soundcard, and that was awesome.

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