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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
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[โ€“] Hikermick@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I never had this option. Typing in the whole thing manually from 4 pages of tiny print in BYTE magazine was my go to. Always had to be quick to save progress on cassette whenever mom came near with the vacuum cleaner

[โ€“] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

A VIC-20 was my first computer and I had never heard of this! Had to do the same with a magazine.