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

DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You cad cassettes? We had manually transcribe machine code from printed listings.

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  • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just in case, no it’s not a joke.

    Examle: Book - 101 BASIC games: archive.org/details/101basiccomputer0000davi

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    • DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      well yeah and because you don’t want to type the listing down all over again, you save it onto tape.

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    • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a 40 year old book about TI BASIC somewhere in the garage plus some magazines with games. I built a fantasy game and saved it to cassette.

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      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For a ti-99/4a? Me too! It was my favorite thing (up until my dad bought a used 286 from work, then skipped a few generations and went right to a Pentium 133)

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