[chclau]

That it why it was so much a joy to buy magazines. Those magazines with their program listings, the adds, the letters. I remember to this day when I was with my girlfriend for a long time typing long listing of POKEs to hear music from the magnificent SID.

[jimt1234]

Not sure why, but I didn't really know about the magazines back then. All my knowledge came from friends and reverse-engineering others' code (de-blitz!)