Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To   : Arelor
From : StormTrooper
Date : Fri May 23 2025 06:24 am

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

Makes me think of the old type in proggies in the old Magazines.  There was a window there where they would print paper "strips" which could be read by a scanner type reader.  They didn't last very long though, apparently device uptake was pretty low. Must've been mid to late 80s I guess.

ST

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