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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. Re:Hasn't this been done before? by BJH · · Score: 0, Redundant

    One of the old British 8-bit computer magazines distributed a few issues with floppy plastic records containing software - the one I remember was a Thompson Twins adventure game. They functioned in exactly the same way as mentioned in the blurb - dub them to cassette and read them in.

  2. Re:Increasing amount of data. by Ch3cooh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "deeper grooves was louder music, but less of them."

    There is only one groove on a record.