I think A good write up of this needs to exist.
if someone would care to write it up and provide some graphics and pictures
and advertisements please sent to info_at_smecc.org and I will find a place
for it on the web site... it is indeed unique...
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
To: <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: software via radio
> Jules,
>
>> Was it this list where people were recently talking about receiving
>> software via the radio?
> Yeah.
>
>> Apparently the UK service was called Basicode - I'm just slogging my way
>> through a pile of documentation donated to the museum to sort out the
>> useful stuff and stumbled across an apology letter from the BBC. Seems
>> they'd moved transmission from Radio 1 VHF to Radio 1 MW and they didn't
>> exactly tell people in advance :-)
>
> That service existed in Holland, too, at around the same time. They
> used simple FSK modulation to send out files.. the programme presenter
> would babble for a bit, then say "OK folks, time for the <C64> fans to
> hit their RECORD button... counting down 10... 1 <beeeepsqueeeeek>"
>
> Of course, they'd send out several programs for several kinds of puters,
> I remember the Commodore ones, the Philips systems (Philips actually did
> invent this), some MSX stuff, and programs for the COMX-35. I remember,
> because I had both C64 and the COMX, and Basicode was pretty much the
> only source of software for that system :(
>
>> Now, I'm certain I remember seeing a manual about Basicode; I just left
>> it in the pile at the museum that I'm yet to look through as it had
>> 'basic' in the title and so didn't look immediately interesting :-) It
>> was with a Dragon 32 machine (which also came with a lot of software),
>> but whether any special hardware was needed I don't know.
> I am quite sure Kees Stravers (kees.stravers atsign xs4all.nl) has
> all the info you need.. he worked with that a lot.
>
> Fred
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Received on Sun Oct 24 2004 - 14:07:44 BST