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> Dozens? I would assume that there are millions on the internet that grew up with these 8-bit computers or even punch cards.

They mean not many people will have recorded the sound from this record and then loaded it on to their C64.

I doubt there are that many people who've even heard of this group[0], let alone owned anything anything by them.

While this article is interesting, and something most people, including me, didn't know about, it's not something that was just discovered. The group's own label told people to look for a "hidden message", and gave a new computer to the guy who found it first.[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigal_(band)

[1] http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-prodigal/

parent pmachinery 6 years ago

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