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Software Distribution By Vinyl

Posted by timothy on from the when-obscurantism-attacks dept.

townxelliot writes "Beige Records is home to the intriguing 8-Bit Construction Set. Their record has the distinction of being "the first ever use of the vinyl recording medium for software distribution - the inside tracks are audio data which can be dubbed to cassette tape and booted in your respective atari or commodore 8-bit computers". Samples of their music ("entirely programmed in 6502 assembly language") are available for download."

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  1. does this mean by Festering+Leper · · Score: 5, Funny

    that we'll start getting floppy 45's in magazines again?

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  2. Ahhh the good old days.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    when copyright infringement of computer games could be done with a double cassette deck.

    Some good decks could even reliably copy games in high speed dubbing mode.

    Whoohoo!

    1. Re:Ahhh the good old days.... by BearJ · · Score: 5, Funny

      So back then, we used equipment for music to copy computer programs. As opposed to today, when we use computers to copy music. What an age we live in!

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    2. Re:Ahhh the good old days.... by acariquara · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yep. The turntables were turned.

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  3. don't play it backwards by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you play it backwards you can briefly hear a voice say "6502 is dead"

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  4. vinyl is for sissies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real Men use eight tracks.

    1. Re:vinyl is for sissies by cosmic_0x526179 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Real Men use eight tracks.

      Screw that. Gimme a nice solid deck of 5081 cards any day. Now that was data ! Back when a Megabyte was enough to make your back sore. 1MB = 1,048,576 bytes = 13,108 cards = ~6.5 boxes of cards (at roughly 10 lbs/box) = ~65 lbs. Were talking serious data here.

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  5. ahh... by CdBee · · Score: 4, Funny

    but I need to know before I buy - is the record DRM-laden ?

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  6. Imagine... by IversenX · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if you wrote DeCSS in this. Perhaps the MPAA and the RIAA would sue each other over who has the right to sue you, thus annihilating themselves into pure energy?

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  7. Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been joking about LP-ROMs for years :)

  8. When I was a kid... by marsu_k · · Score: 4, Funny

    and the C64 was oh-so-popular, the local radio station used to send freeware C64 programs over radio so you could record them on a tape and use with your Commodore. It was good listening also, if you happened to like industrial/noise.

  9. This story should have been posted later by RockClimb · · Score: 4, Funny

    A story like this should have been posted later in the day.... I woke up, went to slashdot, read the story and for a brief second thought the last 25 years of my life had been some type of twisted dream and that I was late for school. Gee thanks guys.... I nearly had a heart attack ;)

  10. Audiophiles... by tonywestonuk · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Of course, there are many of us who truly believe the quality of software distributed by Vinyl, will always be higher than that distributed by CD-ROM.