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In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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286 points spzb | 1 comments | 28 Mar 25 22:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[31 Mar 25 10:22 UTC] No.43533246[source]▶
I remember here on HN reading about some vinyl which had either software or games on from the 80s but I dont recall the artist, so this doesnt sound too far from that for me.
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1. rwmj ◴[31 Mar 25 10:42 UTC] No.43533385[source]▶
Occasionally magazines in the UK would come with cover flexidiscs. They were similar to 7" records, but very much one (maybe two or three) "plays" only, so your first job was to copy the flexidisc to cassette tape.

Your Computer certainly had a few of these in the early 1980s.

One example is documented here: https://magazinesfromthepast.fandom.com/wiki/Your_Computer_V... By the way, you have no idea how exciting and space-age that cover looked in 1982.