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misk@sopuli.xyz to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

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misk@sopuli.xyz to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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So there I was, minding my own business, doom-scrolling my way through Facebook posts when I happened upon one that hit me straight in the nostalgia. A photo of a 1980s home computer, a cassette player and some tapes. The text underneath proclaimed "In the 1980s, people could download video

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    I updated the calendar function on my watch with a windows 3.1 program that flashed the screen black- and- white in an epileptic nightmare.

    You put your watch into update mode, and then held the face towards the computer screen.

    Edit: behold the Timex Datalink

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink

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      :O ?!

      I need to see this thing!

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