this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2025
199 points (99.0% liked)

retrocomputing

4629 readers
14 users here now

Discussions on vintage and retrocomputing

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
SDF@lemmy.sdf.org
cognitivegears@lemmy.sdf.org
Penkster@lemmy.sdf.org
199
Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
submitted 5 days ago by spzb@infosec.pub to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] espentan@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

I did that a bit, for C64 games. I recall it being a mix of fun, tedious and extremely frustrating if there was even the slightest transmission interference while recording, then all you could do was wait for the next transmission and hope they went better.