Just listen to that short clip above. Go on, I'll wait. That, my friends, is the sound that began some of my early computing experiences, when this hardware writer was a mere whelp dipping his toes into the wonderful world of personal computing. Whaddaya mean you don't recognise it? It's the Windows 95 start-up sound, and it's recently been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings.
Alongside "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go on", and, err, "Minecraft: Volume Alpha", to name but a few (via The Register). I'd imagine for quite a few of you reading it's the latter that sums up your childhood, but for me it's the strained opening notes of good old Windows 95, ideally delivered over two tinny beige speakers of dubious origin. Those were the days.
