[Cthulhu_]

Yus, apparently some software was broadcast on the radio, people could record it on tape and use it on their Commodore and such.

[scarecrowbob]

Heck, my computer used to get on the land line telephone and ask its friends for software.

One of the weirdest things I did last week was realizing that my flipper zero could be used as a redbox... now I just need to find a payphone with a trunk...

[spogbiper]

also distributed on thin records inserted into computer magazines

https://obsoletemedia.org/floppy-rom/