I’m dating myself as I too remember that sound from the old Univac 1100 data tapes.
I remember going into the control room when all the equipment was down.
The silence was deafening.
It’s amazing what you get desensitized to.
Well, its the only way to discuss those sounds. ;-D
I miss those big machines. They had a majestic feeling that could never be duplicated with commodity PCs.
I will occasionally dream about them, but not so much anymore. A dream that holds prospects of doing software on an IBM 1130 will make me wake up in a cold sweat; however, I really loved the 1130 and the 360.
I used a Univac 1108 at Redstone Arsonal, and found it rather pleasant. I worked a lot of different computers in the 1970/80s. Most people haven't heard of some of them.
How about the screams of the programmer who just dropped his 500-card stack of IBM punchcards that used to be his FORTRAN program? :=)