Modem tones over television or radio

From: Hans Franke <Hans.Franke_at_mch20.sbs.de>
Date: Fri Dec 11 12:12:34 1998

> Years ago (1984?) in the UK there were computer programs transmitted by
> the BBC using a Dutch format called Basicode.

> I remember staying up late on several occasions, recording off the radio
> onto a cassette tape and loading it onto my old Model 1 TRS-80.

> Oh yes. It was called the 'chip shop takeaway service' :-). Awful pun...

> Does anyone else here remember this?

Not from GB, but Basicode has also been popular in Germany,
later on combined with Supertape format to get a comon tape
exchange for a real lot of homecomputers. Also most of the
porgramms that have been published using a bar code printout
in magazines used Basicode, to reach as many readers as
possible.

Gruss
Hans

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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Fri Dec 11 1998 - 12:12:34 GMT

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