software via radio

[ed sharpe]

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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