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Missed this yesterday! (stefanbohacek.online)

submitted 8 months ago by stefan@stefanbohacek.online to c/history@fedia.io

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Missed this yesterday!

"Ceefax was the world's first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the touch of a few buttons."

https://www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr91zo

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #technology #teletext #ceefax

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[–] stefan@stefanbohacek.online 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh nice.

"A searchable database of teletext pages recovered from domestic videotape"

https://teletextarchive.com

#teletext #archive #tech #technology

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 1 points 7 months ago

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online
Apparently the site author is on the fediverse: @grim_fandango@mas.to

[–] stefan@stefanbohacek.online 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Browsing teletext has been fun as a kid.

[–] leonieke@mstdn.fenslaw.nl 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online We still have a teletext version from the national news agency: https://teletekst-data.nos.nl/webplus?p=100

They tried to cancel it, but too many people protested, see last paragraph

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext#Development_in_other_countries

[–] stefan@stefanbohacek.online 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@leonieke@mstdn.fenslaw.nl That's awesome!

[–] leonieke@mstdn.fenslaw.nl 1 points 8 months ago

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online It is - quick and useful 😉