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

Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by saltysalt on Monday March 31, 2025 @07:15AM (#43533622)

I played games on a Commodore 64 from cassette tapes, in principal you could record games onto a blank cassette but it was very flaky. Good times though.

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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by HNDen21 on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:12AM (#43534064)

I did this all the time... even used a double cassette deck to make copies... azimuth was the problem if the heads were aligned different.. so you used a small screwdriver and the top of the cassette had a small opening, this is where you had to align the heads by listening till it didn't sound distorted.. fun times

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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by saltysalt on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:20AM (#43534121)

Oh nice, I never knew about that!

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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by makeset on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:36AM (#43534252)

Then came a nifty upgrade called "LED control" which installed a red LED next to that screw so all you had to do was turn until it was brightest, significantly reducing ?LOAD ERROR. Good times.

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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by HNDen21 on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:40AM (#43534296)

Yep, there was also a program where a red line would be on your monitor and you had to turn the screw until the line was completely flat

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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by j_french on Monday March 31, 2025 @11:00AM (#43535815)

From what I remember I had a decent amount of success copying games using a twin tape deck for my amstrad 464. I ended up passing on the amstrad to a colleague over a decade ago, who since moved to the US and is almost certainly on here. If you see this Jim, I found the manual!

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