Subj : Re: UK VHS tapes
To   : Bob Roberts
From : Nelgin
Date : Thu Feb 11 2021 13:53:25

Bob wrote:
>   Re: Re: UK VHS tapes
>   By: Nelgin to Mantrid on Wed Feb 10 2021 10:19 pm
> 
>  Ne> http://teletext.nigelreed.net/teletext.html
>  Ne> click on the date on the right side.
>  Ne> You'll need to click on the teletext image then you can enter page
>  Ne> numbers. (I'll fix it to 'auto-focus' once I figure out how lol).
> 
> Wow.  This is wack.  What is this?  Some sort of information service?  What
> kind of device would a UK broadcast customer use to make use of this?
> 
> Reading the Ceefax page on Wikipedia.  I love this stuff.  

They needed a TV with a built in decoder, or you could use a computer with an
attached teletext adaptor. The most popular would be the BBC Micro which has
"Mode 7" that uses the teletext character set.

It was originally used to send news, weather, sports, and financial
information and expanded to games, kids stuff, regional information etc. 

Even before that, it may have been invited to provide subittles (closed
captioning) for the deaf and hard of hearing. 

Teletext was invented in the UK and was popular in Europe. A few US stationed
experimented with it but it never caught on.

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