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In the earliest days of home computing’s popularity, how was software distributed?
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It was downloaded online.
It was downloaded online. - no response given
It came on disks.
It came on disks. - no response given
It came on USB thumb drives/“flash” drives.
It came on USB thumb drives/“flash” drives. - no response given
All software was preinstalled on the computer.
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It came on disks.
More precisely: early home computers (late 1970s–early 1980s) typically used floppy disks, cassette tapes and ROM cartridges for software. Online downloads and USB thumb drives didn’t exist yet, and only the operating/basic ROM was preinstalled.
More precisely: early home computers (late 1970s–early 1980s) typically used floppy disks, cassette tapes and ROM cartridges for software. Online downloads and USB thumb drives didn’t exist yet, and only the operating/basic ROM was preinstalled.
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