I just read something rad.  Basically, back in the early 80s, they would encode video games onto vinyl.  You’d make a recording of the sounds on the vinyl, and then load the sounds, via a cassette, onto old computers that could work that way.  That sorta blows my mind with its technological sweetness.  I’d say it would be something worth repeating in 2007, but only if you still had the weird step with the manual transfer from audio->disc-> computer.  Wow.  You gotta read the whole article, it’s…  just so cool…  Just so cool.(h/t).