Subj : Re: Floppy LPs
To   : Alonzo
From : Arelor
Date : Thu May 22 2025 02:16 pm

 Re: Re: Floppy LPs
 By: Alonzo to Roon on Mon May 19 2025 07:44 pm

>  Ro>  b> One thing I never experienced, but always wanted to try, was
>  Ro>  b> loading computer data from vinyl.  It should theoretically be
>  Ro>  b> possible to encode digital data somehow, and have a turntable read
>  Ro>  b> it.  Either the computer records the analog signal and converts, or
>  Ro>  b> the turntable has
>
> They did that a long time ago. They put movies onto large plastic
> disks called video discs. I understand they had amazing sound
> but for some reason they didn't last long. DVDs took over.
>

It is even more ancient than that. ZX Spectrum programs were distributed in magnetic tapers that could be reproduced into the machine using a regular casette player.


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