Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To   : BORAXMAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Wed May 14 2025 08:43:00

> Interesting, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.

> One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was loading computer
> data from vinyl.  It should theoretically be possible to encode digital data
> somehow, and have a turntable read it.  Either the computer records the analog
> signal and converts, or the turntable has a DAC built in.

> I suspect someone did do this.

When I was in the first and second grade, we had these "contraptions" that
had some computing/decision making skills.  You loaded them by putting a
vinyl "record" into a slot.  It would run and you'd watch a screen and
answer questions about what you watched.  It would tell you if you got the
answer right or not.

I wish I remembered more about what they looked like, or what they were
called.


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