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How to send an 'E mail' | Database | Retro Computers | Early E mail | 1980s Technology | 1984

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A 1984 television segment demonstrates how to send electronic mail and broadcast software over TV audio signals.

How to send an e mail 1980's style. Electronic message writing down the phone line. First shown on Thames TV's computer programme 'Database' in 1984 07/06/1984 If you would like to license a clip for your production please e mail archive@fremantle.com Quote: VT31003

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What people say. Shared as an interesting historical artifact showing early email and broadcasting software over television audio.

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u/MaxMouseOCXin r/ReverseEngineering • Recommends

Old audio datablast for BBC Micro, doesn't sound like it contains much, but I'd be interested to know what it is. Any takers?

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Broadcasting software via TV audio in 1984 This caught my eye the other day. I don't think I'd ever head of or seen a binary be broadcast as audio over television before. The whole episode is pretty interesting if you like 80's British campiness but the broadcast is at 4:47 for those TL;DR folks. I'd love to capture the transmission and poke around with it in Audacity. There's a pretty decent reference to Acorn's data encoding format here: http://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Acorn_cassette_format
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