Loading Sega Games Off a Vinyl Record [video]
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by zdw
2 days ago
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kristianp
2 hours ago
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This reminds me that I once had a computer magazine from the 80s that came with a green vinyl record "single" that had a game on it for a popular computer, perhaps the Commodore 64. It was useless to me as I had a Z80 machine, but a curiosity.
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atmanactive
1 hour ago
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As far as I remember it should be the other way around: Sinclair had analog audio input/output so one could hook up a turntable instead of the tape. Commodore 64, on the other hand, had a proprietary tape recorder called Datasette so there was no way to hook up a turntable to it. Of course, one could always just copy the signal from a vinyl record to a casette tape and then play it back to the computer.
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qingcharles
10 minutes ago
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These records that were stuck to magazines were annoying as hell. They are made from the thinest sliver of plastic, the thickness of a candy wrapper, and would invariably have suffered some sort of kink in them on their way to the store. I can't remember if I ever got one to work properly with my Speccy.
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dasfsi
15 minutes ago
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Pete Shelley's album XL-1 had a bonus track with a ZX-Spectrum program with some visualizations to look at while you listen to the album

It's on youtube, very cool for 1983

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jeromesalimao
2 hours ago
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I remember loading the game Frogger off a cassette tape onto my friends old Commodore 64 at the time. That blew my mind at the time!
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HerbManic
2 hours ago
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Might be the peak of "We did it just because it is so stupid." Bravo!
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rbren
2 hours ago
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This should be labeled humor or taken down. I did laugh though
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