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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: 0.214s | source
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pknerd ◴[31 Mar 25 13:37 UTC] No.43534911[source]▶
My brain is unable to grasp it..How does it work and at what speed things used to get downloaded?
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1. jpalomaki ◴[31 Mar 25 13:40 UTC] No.43534935[source]▶
Regular audio cassettes were also used as storage medium for software. Distributing over radio just mean playing these tapes. And people could then record the broadcast at home and load the software from cassette.