Some recent great stories from Retro Recipes

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I'm still watching YouTube videos about old computers like the Commodore 64.

Retro Recipes is a YouTube channel about retro computing and other nostalgia.

Recently the channel had some amazing stories that are well worth sharing.

The Commodore 64 Programming Language that Doesnt


The first one is about a programming language for the Commodore 64 that the host reviewed 40 years ago and never saw or heard anything about ever again. After being presumed lost to time, in a second episode a copy is found for sale.

The Commodore 64 Programming Language that Doesn't Exist | MicroText

The Amazing Programming Language Lost For 40 Yrs: C64 Microtext

Decoding a program sent from the past


The other story is about a television show about computing that ran in the UK in the 1980s that broadcast a computer program by flashing a light on the screen while the program was running.

Viewers were instructed on how they could build a receiver prior to the broadcast and type in a small program to receive the program that was to be transmitted.

Many people tried but were unsuccessful back in the 80s. In this video the host attempts to receive the program today using an old copy of the broadcast.

Decoding A Program Sent From The Past
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