u/swamsoin r/programming • Recommends
On “Secret C64 Program Found On A Christian Rock Band’s Vinyl Record”
for the lazy ones
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35 Year-Old Commodore 64 Easter Egg Hidden On Vinyl
8-Bit Show And Tell
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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.
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History and cultureHardwareRetro computingHistory of computing
An exploration of how a Commodore 64 program hidden on a 1984 Christian rock vinyl record was successfully recovered and run.
In 1984, the Christian rock band Prodigal hid a Commodore 64 program on their album "Electric Eye". See my attempts to retrieve and run this 35-year-old easter egg. Follow-up video with clarifications and another C64 game hidden on vinyl here: youtu.be/ZAVuvXlbs4Q Become a patron: patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell One-time donation: paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell Prodigal: prodigalnow.com/ Download the Electric Eye C64 program here: 8bitshowandtell.com/prg/electriceye.prg Index: Intro - "Electric Eye" by Prodigal "C-64" Etching First attempt at extracting the C64 program VWestlife-style record player diassembly - disabling auto-return Second attempt - success! Transfering to a brand new cassette Attempt one on C64 + Datasette Attempt two - Aquarius Data Recorder to the rescue The program! The LISTing A bit about Prodigal (the band) Any interest in more episodes like this? Thanks to my patrons at Patreon: patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell #Commodore64 #Vinyl #EasterEggWhy it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a real-world demonstration of recovering digital data stored as audio on a vinyl record.
u/berrmal64in r/compsci • Recommends
On “In theory, would it be possible to store data on a vinyl record and much data could a 12” hold?”
Not only theoretically, it's been done.
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