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1980's DIY C64 Light Interface

This is an extract from an episode of '4 Computer Buffs' which was a computer software and hardware program broadcast in the 80's by Channel 4 Television in the UK. It shows Dr Mike Throne constru...
This is an extract from an episode of '4 Computer Buffs' which was a computer software and hardware program broadcast in the 80's by Channel 4 Television in the UK. It shows Dr Mike Throne constructing a light reciever module for the Commodore 64, which allowed you to recieve software bradcast throughout the programme

A light reciever was placed on the TV over the top of a flashing dot that appeared at different times throught the programme, you then pressed record on your tape player and downloaded the software

Very clever idea that involved some nice DIY hardware building....

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johnsmith4040 (5 months ago)
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dagger86 (9 months ago) Show Hide
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I like his beard. And the accent.
tvfilmglamdirector (10 months ago) Show Hide
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I did this project at the time, I used a 48k Spectrum. There were choices in the build for the common machines of the time, I think the Spectrum interface had the most complex issues. I couldnt get mine to read the flashing cursor properly and abandoned the project in the end. I think jci10 is right though, he about sums up what was transmitted.
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incredible. I can't believe someone uploaded this. Brilliant. Does anyone have a retriggerably monotstable I could borrow?
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omg genius
stevebasset (1 year ago) Show Hide
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I remember this when it was originally broadcast. I wonder how many people actually tried it?
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I bought a cheapo pda keyscain fob, that had a twist end to enter data, kinda crude. However you could download a free bit of software that would do just this. You would enter contacts and such, hold it up to the monitor and it would "upload" you data. I think it was about 4-6 years ago.

Also reminds me of ;CueCat. They wanted to send a little audio code that would open your browser to a website about what the program was talking about.
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lordsigma (2 years ago) Show Hide
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That was a great idea ! here in Argentina we had a radio program that transmitted via audio C64 programs. You just tune the radio and pressed record to "download" software.
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