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Via Kraftfuttermischwerk, we are directed to the Listening Museum’s exhibit of power-on, boot chimes from a collection of early computers, gaming consoles, operating systems and messaging services, each tone with an audio sample—some inspiring nostalgia for lost sounds— and information about the composer or voice actor going back nearly five decades leaving out latter day contemporary pings that can be a nuisance or anxiety-causing rather than something that receiver is looking forward to. There’s AOL’s Welcome and email alert and Brian Eno’s commission for the start up flourish for Windows 95. Though the jingles fell out of favour for some time (like with commericals), they are making a comeback.