spzb

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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[โ€“] spzb@infosec.pub 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I had heard of this but your comment sent me searching for more info. I think you might be referring to Visicode.

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorld1985-07/page/286/mode/2up?q=visicode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxo1Gs46ti0

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorld1985-08/page/194/mode/2up?q=visicode

Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[โ€“] spzb@infosec.pub 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That reminds me. They did used to broadcast software over teletext over TV https://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/ceefax/telesoftware/

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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)