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Ceefax: A love letter
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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:51 am ]
Post subject:  Ceefax: A love letter
With the final analogue transmitters being switched off, teletext takes its final bow. Officially it will be around for a while yet, but if you are in LOndon, your TV may not be able to pick it up any more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17745100
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:38 pm ]
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I used to love ceefax/teletext. I have avid memories of using it as a kid. Strangely I used to use it a lot during the holidays and weekends. I remember reading a gaming "magazine" on Teletext Channel 4 though the name escapes me. I also used to love Bamboozle. Sad to see it go but even now I'll use the TEXT function on my remote control on the BBC channel to read the news.
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:03 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
I used to love ceefax/teletext. I have avid memories of using it as a kid. Strangely I used to use it a lot during the holidays and weekends. I remember reading a gaming "magazine" on Teletext Channel 4 though the name escapes me.


Digitiser. I had an “article” published there too. It was about the Number Invaders calculator games. Another - a letter IIRC - ended with a bad Tomb Raider pun.

No photographic evidence of this achievement exists, but if there was an archive somewhere of all the pages I’d be keen to rummage them out.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:16 pm ]
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Ah, Digitiser. A world of it's own in jokes. Man with a long chin etc. 'I read you every day!'. All the work of one man as I recall - Paul Rose. I believe these days he writes scripts for Coronation Street.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:47 pm ]
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If I want to see the football tables now I have to boot up my laptop. It used to be miles quicker turning on the TV and going to Ceefax 324 (or whatever number it was).
Yes it's a sad day as it was a really useful service for basic information.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:57 pm ]
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While it's certainly not as comprehensive as far as I can tell, aren't the main functions of Ceefax (on the BBC at least) provided by the red button service? I often check the new and weather using the red button - it's frequently quicker and less irritating than listening to BBC Breakfast. The lottery results are also on there and they even use the same page numbers as Ceefax for many of the pages (well, the ones I look at anyway).
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:18 pm ]
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Digi was awesome, as was Ceefax. The red button/text function has all the character of a paper towel :(
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