Hello,
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.
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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 inser
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 8:31 PM John R. Hogerhuis wrote:
> Mars Pathfinder Sojourner rover onboard processor used a flight-qualified
> Intel 8085 running at 100 KIPS
>
Oh, cool. I didn't know any 8085s had made it to outer space!
While I was looking up the bar code program listings, I just notic
Hi,
Interface Age Magazine published a bunch of “Floppy ROMs” … I have a few of
them. I think they’re for the Altair 8800 …
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C U L8r, °|° Walt Perko °|°"Kids ... teach th
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.
