this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2025
200 points (99.0% liked)

retrocomputing

4650 readers
27 users here now

Discussions on vintage and retrocomputing

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
SDF
cognitivegears
Penkster
200
Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
submitted 1 week ago by spzb@infosec.pub to c/retrocomputing
46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wonder if the same people also think manipulating the tones to make free phone calls, as shown in Hackers, is also just a Hollywood myth. That shit was actually real.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jokes on you nobody under the age of 50 has seen Hackers

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm barely under 50 and never heard of this. And I watched mcgiver as a kid.