My exact memory. When you did finally get everything correct, the program could ...

kotor 37 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio

My exact memory. When you did finally get everything correct, the program could take 15 minutes to load from the cassette tape. I remember upgrading my Commodore 64 with a floppy disk and loading programs in 2 minutes (which felt instantaneous by comparison).

ratg13 37 days ago [–]

I never had a tape deck, and was constantly flustered by “press play on tape” messages.