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p0w3n3dtoday at 1:34 PM4 repliesview on HN

In my country they used to broadcast software for Atari 800 over radio - and it worked...


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ackatoday at 3:20 PM

In the Netherlands they used to broadcast software as part of the Hobbyscoop radio show. It was generic BASIC code that could run on a variety of home computers, requiring a small loader program for conversion. The project was named BASICODE[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASICODE

beardsciencestoday at 2:53 PM

Simply Amazing. I'd love to know more about this.

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binaryturtletoday at 2:34 PM

I still have some old Amiga backups on VHS. Worked too… :)

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yesturitoday at 2:36 PM

In Poland, in the communist period, the national broadcaster used to do it. For Atari, ZX Spectrum, Commmodore 64.

Haven't heard the audition, though. Well before my era.

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