Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To   : Alonzo
From : Arelor
Date : Thu May 22 2025 14:16:44

  Re: Re: Floppy LPs
  By: Alonzo to Roon on Mon May 19 2025 07:44 pm

 >  Ro>  b> One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was
 >  Ro>  b> loading computer data from vinyl.  It should theoretically be
 >  Ro>  b> possible to encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read
 >  Ro>  b> it.  Either the computer records the analog signal and converts, or
 >  Ro>  b> the turntable has
 >
 > They did that a long time ago. They put movies onto large plastic
 > disks called video discs. I understand they had amazing sound
 > but for some reason they didn't last long. DVDs took over.
 >

It is even more ancient than that. ZX Spectrum programs were distributed in magnetic tapers that could be reproduced into the machine using a regular casette player.


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