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Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
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[โ€“] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I updated the calendar function on my watch with a windows 3.1 program that flashed the screen black- and- white in an epileptic nightmare.

You put your watch into update mode, and then held the face towards the computer screen.

Edit: behold the Timex Datalink

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Datalink

[โ€“] misk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

:O ?!

I need to see this thing!