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A fond farewell............
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............ to BBC Ceefax, which displayed its pages for the last time yesterday. Seems strange to realise that, pre-internet, this was the main written source of 'live' information.
The final Ceefax Sport front page: |
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Nice farewell article, and curiously moving..............
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/f...150027485.html |
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I spent many a Saturday afternoon sitting watching the football scores being updated on Ceefax. Haven't used it for what 10+ years but still know that it was BBC 1, page 302 for Football Headlines.
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Originally Posted by the_red_sheep
(Post 10347142)
I spent many a Saturday afternoon sitting watching the football scores being updated on Ceefax. Haven't used it for what 10+ years but still know that it was BBC 1, page 302 for Football Headlines.
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606 for now and next on tv
First holiday I remember with my Mum after the parents split up was off Ceefax |
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Originally Posted by OleJanx
(Post 10347263)
Interesting (*yawns*) fact. BBC micro's had a built in proto-modem to access Ceefax.
http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/...etext-Adapter/ You could even download software over Ceefax! Pfft these iPhones and their fancy "App Stores"... |
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Originally Posted by typical
(Post 10348758)
Nah they didn't - they were able to display the content (*MODE 7) but you had to get a separate teletext adapter to hook them into the TV signal.
http://www.retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/...etext-Adapter/ You could even download software over Ceefax! Pfft these iPhones and their fancy "App Stores"... |
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