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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never had this option. Typing in the whole thing manually from 4 pages of tiny print in BYTE magazine was my go to. Always had to be quick to save progress on cassette whenever mom came near with the vacuum cleaner

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

A VIC-20 was my first computer and I had never heard of this! Had to do the same with a magazine.

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