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I have a vague memory that the BBC sent out programs during their regular broadcasts (this would have been in the 70's). Not sure of the computer etc., and it could have been 'World Service', since that what I listened to back then..... >----Original Message---- >From : mhs.st...@gmail.com >Date : 2024-07-08 - 06:12 (CEST) >To : m...@bitchin100.com >Subject : Re: [M100] [m100] Odd Topic - barcode storage > >I don't know about outer space but that was a fairly popular medium >for distributing audio files including computer programs; they were >real grooved audio disks similar but smaller than a 45 RPM record but >on a thin flexible medium similar to the cookie in a 5 1/4" diskette. >They were usually inserted into a magazine and could contain music, >short ebooks like instructions for example and of course computer >programs and data; you played them on a normal phonograph or stereo >and, in the case of computer data either played them directly into the >cassette input or copied them to cassette first. I think I too still >have a few somewhere. I think that's the 'floppy ROM' that Walt is >talking about. > >As to turntables not needing gravity there were indeed vertical units >that you could mount on a wall; I also still have one of those. > >Then there were the 45 RPM players installed in cars; they also used >some fancy compensating mechanisms like the 'Walkmans' to deal with >the bumpy roads. > >m > > >On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 10:14 PM John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> I like the idea of distributing a mini phonograph with a cassette program. >> That was done at least once. But I guess you'd have to figure out how to do >> it in space since most players rely on gravity to hold down the needle arm. >> >> -- John. >
