Most Spectrum software was originally distributed on audio cassette tapes, intended to work with a normal domestic cassette recorder. Software was mainly distributed through print media such as magazines and books. To load software onto the machine, the reader would type the BASIC program listing by hand, run it, and save it to the cassette for later use. Some magazines distributed 7" 33 rpm flexi disc records, or "Floppy ROMs", a variant of regular vinyl records which could be played on a standard record player. Some radio stations would broadcast audio stream data via frequency modulation or medium wave so that listeners could directly record it onto an audio cassette themselves. ZX Spectrum-focused radio programmes existed in the United Kingdom, which were received over long distances on domestic radio receivers.
Most Spectrum software was originally distributed on audio cassette tapes, intended to work with a normal domestic cassette recorder. Software was mainly distributed through print media such as magazines and books. To load software onto the machine, the reader would type the BASIC program listing by hand, run it, and save it to the cassette for later use. Some magazines distributed 7" 33 rpm flexi disc records, or "Floppy ROMs", a variant of regular vinyl records which could be played on a standard record player. Some radio stations would broadcast audio stream data via frequency modulation or medium wave so that listeners could directly record it onto an audio cassette themselves. ZX Spectrum-?focused radio programmes existed in the United Kingdom, which were received over long distances on domestic radio receivers.