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Sep 29, 2026, 3:39 PMPlayed that game endlessly in the high school 'computer lab' on a teletype machine connected via telephone acoustic coupler.
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Space Catitude 🚀TerryHancock@realsocial.lifeSep 29, 2026, 3:41 PMAh yes. "Acoustic coupler" -- that's what that phone handset cradle thing is called.
- Mastodon Migrationmastodonmigration@mastodon.onlineSep 29, 2026, 3:44 PM
Yup. Still have a box somewhere of paper tape reels of some BASIC programs.
Ian Turtonianturton@mapstodon.spaceSep 30, 2026, 7:55 PM@mastodonmigration @TerryHancock @nyrath after one year of us doing that on wet games days the school worked out that they could buy two of the new fangled micro computer thingys for less than the phone bill.