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title: SOFTWARE RECORDS, A BAD IDEA...
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date: '1977-07-01'
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- '1977'
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topics:
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- Companies
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- Software
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when: JULY 1977
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image: /media/history/images/timeline_vinylad_2.jpg
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oc_id: 30
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221215134357/http://www.old-computers.com/history/detail.asp?n=30
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date: '2022-12-15'
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In July 1977, Software Records launched the first issue of its BASIC software collection recorded on a 12" vinyl record. User could directly transfer programs from its record player to its computer or tape a copy. Sadly, as soon as the vinyl record had a tiny scratch, recorded programs were unreadable.
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The first advert (left) was optimistic: "If everybody who read this ad would order one, we would be sold out!"
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The second advert came out three months later, it was like a S.O.S.: "If we don't sell a bunch of our BASIC Software Volume 1 albums quick, we'll get fired!".
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Were they fired? One thing for sure: Basic Software Volume 2 never came to life...
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