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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by kolanos on Monday March 31, 2025 @10:49AM (#43535687)
Doing this is one of my earliest memories. I think I was 5 or 6. I hadn't even mastered reading yet and I was typing a game into an IBM XT clone (think it was QBasic) one character at a time. Don't think I would have bothered with a tax prep program, though. Now that's dedication.

Edit: Could not have been QBasic as it wasn't released until 1991 and I was doing this in 1987-1988. So maybe GW Basic? Whatever came standard on an IBM XT clone from Taiwan.

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Re:Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio by ForOldHack on Monday March 31, 2025 @07:00PM (#43540925)
GW Basic came with DOS, but there was a way to get real BASICA onto a clone, either through ROMS or with a patch.
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