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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YDRjtmAiNpo5mK5N3d7QwZ
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"title": "SOFTWARE RECORDS, A BAD IDEA...",
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"date": "1977-07-01",
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"years": [
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"1977"
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],
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"topics": [
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"Companies",
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"Software"
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],
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"params": {
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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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}
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}
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}
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<img src="/media/history/images/timeline_vinylad_2.jpg"/> <br/><br/> <p>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. <br/><br/> The first advert (left) was optimistic: "If everybody who read this ad would order one, we would be sold out!" <br/><br/> 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!". <br/><br/> Were they fired? One thing for sure: Basic Software Volume 2 never came to life... </p>
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