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@spzb@infosec.pub to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish • 2 months ago

Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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@spzb@infosec.pub to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish • 2 months ago
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So there I was, minding my own business, doom-scrolling my way through Facebook posts when I happened upon one that hit me straight in the nostalgia. A photo of a 1980s home computer, a cassette player and some tapes. The text underneath proclaimed "In the 1980s, people could download video
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    Didn’t some magazines ship software with plastic records that could be played on a conventional record player?

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      6•2 months ago

      Yes, they are called flexi discs.

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