[Coco] CoCo amateur radio net tonight

[Aaron Wolfe]

I remember reading that in the UK the BBC sent software over the air
for the BBC Micro at some point, but I hadn't heard about shortwave or
the multi platform interpreter.  That is interesting.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Little John <sales at gimechip.com> wrote:
> Hey,
> Do you guys remember the experiment in the early 80's whereas shortwave was
> used to transmit computer software? Basically, a custom interpreter was
> created that I remember ran on the ZX81, Atari's, TI's, TRS-80's etc. The
> software was then transmitted via shortwave and you either recorded (this
> was actually necessary) or had the output of the receiver fed into the
> device for the computer that loaded the program (recording the signal was
> the only sure way to get a good "load"). The software would run on any of
> the machines for which the custom interpreter existed. I don't think any
> super software was ever written (since such a system is limited by the
> weakest link (computer system supported)) - but it was still a neat
> experiment :)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:15 PM
> Subject: [Coco] CoCo amateur radio net tonight
>
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> We'll have our fourth net tonight at 9:30PM EDT (8:30p CDT, 6:30p PDT)
>> on Echolink node 522348.  I'll have the node online 30 minutes prior
>> if you need to test your connection.
>>
>> The general topic is "I/O and peripherals"...  so try to bring stories
>> about interesting things you've connected to your CoCo, or questions
>> about a device you'd like to connect.
>>
>> Hope to see everyone there
>> -Aaron
>> KJ4WII
>>
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