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

submitted 1 year ago by spzb@infosec.pub to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] spzb@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 1 year ago

There was also a system where some TV screen pixels were used to send data, but I'm struggling to remember how you were supposed to get it into the computer.

I suspect that you needed to build some light sensor with a serial cable, that you held to the screen, but I'm not sure.

This was in the Netherlands, not sure if it was done elsewhere.