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paulzolo
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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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
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:51 am |
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cloaked_wolf
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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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.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:38 pm |
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paulzolo
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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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.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:03 pm |
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jonbwfc
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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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.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:16 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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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.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:47 pm |
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davrosG5
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:37 am Posts: 6954 Location: Peebo
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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).
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:57 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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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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Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:18 pm |
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