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A comment on Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth implementation. Parent comment

Re:Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth impl... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @07:26AM (#47599411)
Yus, apparently some software was broadcast on the radio, people could record it on tape and use it on their Commodore and such.
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Re:Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth impl... by spogbiper on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @10:42AM (#47601642)
also distributed on thin records inserted into computer magazines

https://obsoletemedia.org/floppy-rom/

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Re:Teenage Engineering's PO-32 acoustic modem and synth impl... by scarecrowbob on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @11:38AM (#47602347)
Heck, my computer used to get on the land line telephone and ask its friends for software.

One of the weirdest things I did last week was realizing that my flipper zero could be used as a redbox... now I just need to find a payphone with a trunk...

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