A Free Ringtone For BBSers

By | February 26, 2009

Photo by: schoolofeverything
Back in the late 80′s I was pretty hooked to BBSing. Every night I either called bulletin board systems in the 416 area code, or I would switch on my own BBS for people to call through the night.

There was a great segment on The Colbert Report last night. His “flashback” brought back some great memories of the loud, screeching squeal a modem connecting.

So, naturally I created a ringtone! You can download it here for free (right click).

Enjoy it? Please share it.

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  • http://paltman.com Patrick Altman

    what kind of file is this? I don't recognized the m4r extension.

  • http://www.davemadethat.com Dave Delaney

    It's a ringtone. iTunes recognizes it as that. Import the file to iTunes, it
    should appear under Ringtones, then sync your device.

  • http://www.fitnesspaige.com/blog/ Loukas "Koufie" Koufodontes

    You just brought back some funny memories with the BBS's.

    After building my own PC in the mid 80's I'd start connecting to these BBS's every night. If you remember, when you connect, the admin system would automatically call you back to verify your number.

    Well, at 1, 2 or 3am, my wife didn't appreciate the phone ringing. After one too many call backs of those BBS's, I heard the loud thumping of her foot steps. Unfortunately, quickly shutting off my PC doesn't stop the incoming phone call from ringing.

    As you can figure, I got an earful that night.

    Thanks for the memories from about 20 years ago, Dave.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Delaney/634795436 Dave Delaney

    I just discovered that Safari doesn't like the file. Use Firefox to download it instead.

    Cheers,
    D

  • http://loudestnoise.com David Cintron

    I hear Cam's phone ringing this all the time. Safari downloads the file fine, just if you primary click on it, the built in quicktime player doesn't play it back, but downloading the file to your computer works just fine.

  • http://cianodonovan.com cian

    I don't normally do this sort of thing… but this is great. Thanks Dave.

  • http://www.davemadethat.com Dave Delaney

    I'm not a big ringtone guy either, but this was too much fun. My phone
    actually rang during the Fray Cafe and Pistachio heard it:

    http://twitter.com/Pistachio/statuses/1334673782

    Funny!
    D

  • http://www.bobgoyetche.com Bob Goyetche

    ah memories….

  • http://www.davemadethat.com Dave Delaney

    It's so funny to hear the sound on other people's phones at work. So, I
    always think it's mine.
    Thanks for the comment Bob. It's great to hear from you.

    D

  • http://www.bobgoyetche.com BobGoyetche

    ah memories….

  • http://www.davemadethat.com Dave Delaney

    It's so funny to hear the sound on other people's phones at work. So, I
    always think it's mine.
    Thanks for the comment Bob. It's great to hear from you.

    D