Vinyl Data- Classic Computers / Indie music tricks crossover

Hi, A Dutch radio station broadcast programs in a form of basic that could be read by most machines at the time . The code was basicode and translation programs for the common systems worked well. regards Graeme ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Burton" <aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:03 PM Subject: Re: Vinyl Data- Classic Computers / Indie music tricks crossover I can't believe noone has mentioned this yet, but I have heard that during the (early?) 80's a Radio station did play computer programs for people to record off the radio. No, I don't know which radio station this was, nor do I have any evidence other than heresay. I was hoping someone here would have mention it, or could possibly confirm it. Yes, the Spectrum was big here in the UK. As a Spectrum user (and owner) I believe there were several models. Not sure if you'd count the Z80 & Z81 as part of the family, but I know there was the ZX Spectrum 48k, 128k, 128k +2, 128k +2a, and 128k +3. The +3 version used a floppy drive whereas all the previous version primarily used tapes. The Spectrum I own (put somewhere "safe" by my parents) had a built-in tapedeck to the right of the keyboard. Regards, Andrew B aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk From: Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Vinyl Data- Classic Computers / Indie music tricks crossover To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Date: Tuesday, 30 September, 2008, 11:27 PM home=20 I beleive both versions are correct. The Spectrum sold well throughout the UK I believe. It also sold well in England, which is part of the UK. -tony