History (1977): Floppy ROM
Flexi-disc vinyl record with computer code in audio form
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Floppy ROM (1977-mid 1980s)
A floppy ROM is a flexi-disc vinyl record with computer code in audio form.
The first floppy ROM was published in the May 1977 issue of Interface Age and took the form of a 33 1/3rpm flexi-disc with 6 minutes of ‘Kansas City’ standard computer code.
It was recommend that the audio be recorded onto a cassette and then played back to load the program.
Although never common, the floppy ROM was used into the 1980s to distribute software through some computer magazines.