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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There was also a system where some TV screen pixels were used to send data, but I'm struggling to remember how you were supposed to get it into the computer.

I suspect that you needed to build some light sensor with a serial cable, that you held to the screen, but I'm not sure.

This was in the Netherlands, not sure if it was done elsewhere.

[–] spzb 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 4 months ago

That looks interesting, but it's not ringing any bells.