System to transfer/download data via TV signal?
Posted by thb303@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Hello,
I have a memory seeing such a system, or actually the transmitted signal on a small German TV station in the early 90s (maybe end of the 80s).
I'm not sure if it was data in the video, or in the audio, or both.
it was somewhat like that at the end of the show "today you get a new little game. please start your recorder now".
you recorded for a few minutes and then you could read the video tape with a special interface into your computer, to get the transmitted software.
problems are, I can't find anything about that system online, nor do I remember for which computer it was (most likely C64).
does anyone remember this system and its name?
maybe it was some German thing. I don't know.
and maybe someone also remember the name of the TV show, which used this?
thnx
nmrk@reddit
You remind me of the \~1980 Mattel Intellivision system called PlayCable, you could download games via your cable TV network and play interactive games against other cable users. It had a channel that just broadcast all the games, in a loop over and over. I lived in a city that was in the test market, but I didn't have an Intellivision.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrAOJZFikAI
TrustednotVerified@reddit
Back in the good old analog days, the Vertical Retrace Interval was often used to transmit data of various types.
AustriaModerator@reddit
it was called videodat https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Videodat
german show was "WDR Computerclub"
thb303@reddit (OP)
It is not exactly coherent with my memories, but most likely that's it!
thank you!
rkrenicki@reddit
Was it something like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRcs_TUpQ6g
thb303@reddit (OP)
no, but AustrianModerator nailed it, I think.