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My first PC, a 286. Still remember all the sounds it did (from checking the memory, the CPU, the GPU, the drives and the extension cards) and the sequence they played. Wish I had it recorded at the time, because it was very iconic.

Another blast from the past: My most hated boot sequence is from our old 56k modem. God, were those things annoyingly noisy.