Hacker News with Generative AI: 1980s

In the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio (newslttrs.com)
So there I was, minding my own business, doom-scrolling my way through Facebook posts when I happened upon one that hit me straight in the nostalgia. A photo of a 1980s home computer, a cassette player and some tapes. The text underneath proclaimed "In the 1980s, people could download video games from radio broadcasts by recording the audio onto cassette tapes. These tapes could then be played on computers to load the games".
The Mad Magazine Basic Computer Program (meatfighter.com)
The cover of MAD magazine No. 258 from October 1985 announces a “special computer section featuring the MAD Computer Program”. Take careful note of the image displayed on the computer monitor.
Jenny and the FCC (2023) (wordpress.com)
There was a point in the early 1980s when, if I asked you what Jenny’s phone number was and you said “I don’t know,” I would assume you were either a goddam liar or maybe somebody of my grandparent’s generation.  You were certainly somebody who didn’t listen to the music on the radio, because Tommy Tutone had made Jenny and her phone number, 867-5309, about as famous as any phone number has or ever will be, with the single 867-5309/Jenny.
Tales from the Loop RPG (freeleaguepublishing.com)
In this roleplaying game, you play teenagers in the late 1980s, solving Mysteries connected to the Loop.
What happened when REM went mainstream (yalereview.org)
Shadow of the Beast (1989) Graphics Deep Dive [video] (youtube.com)
Tech-Noir: How One Scene in 'The Terminator' Changed Science Fiction (2018) (wearethemutants.com)
The Tech-Noir club scene in The Terminator is a masterpiece of action film-making, arguably the most important sequence of the movie, and the club itself—its decor and atmosphere, its customers, its soundtrack, its very name—has had an extraordinary influence on the development of sci-fi and subsequent reimaginings of the 1980s aesthetic.
Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades? (ourworldindata.org)
In 1980, the biologist Paul Ehrlich agreed to a bet with the economist Julian Simon on how the prices of five materials would change over the next decade.
The Atari STACY was launched in 1989 (archive.org)
The Atari Stacy was launched in 1989.  Atari had been talking about  a portable ST since 1986, but it was fast tracked for launch when the ST became increasingly more popular with musicians, and feedback was such that it was a viable product to launch for this niche market alone.
About the BBC Micro cassette version of Elite – Elite on the 6502 (bbcelite.com)
The BBC Micro cassette version is the standard, entry-level version of the original Acornsoft Elite. It was released on 20 September 1984, along with the enhanced disc version, at a launch event at Thorpe Park in the UK.
Alley Cat Remeow Edition (joflof.com)
Alley Cat is a game created in 1983 by Bill Williams (rest in peace) and published by the company Synapse Software for Atari 8-bit and later IBM PC's and compatible computers.
They don't make them like that any more: the Yamaha DX7 keyboard (kevinboone.me)
The sound of the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer defined 1980s popular music.
I gave my kids a summer like mine in the 1980s – every parent should try it (inews.co.uk)
People Behind “The Print Shop” (1985) (theprintshop.club)
NSA Claims It Can't Watch an Important Tape It Recorded in the 1980s (gizmodo.com)
The Alternate Reality Kit (1987) [video] (youtube.com)
My favorite 1980's Canadian TV show: Bits and Bytes (omarshehata.substack.com)
DAK Industries Catalog, Early Fall 1985 (archive.org)
A floppy disk MIDI boombox: The Yamaha MDP-10 (nicole.express)
My journey into personal computer software development in 1983 (farrs.substack.com)
Frank Zappa on Crossfire about censoring rock lyrics (1986) [video] (youtube.com)
Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer Music Video 1986 (4K) (youtube.com)