For some people, teletext was just something that had always been there. But for certain older people like me, who can remember TV before teletext, it was a godsend. Before this the idea of instantly finding out the latest news, weather or sports scores was impossible. Teletext changed all that, in 40 columns and 24 rows of blocky text and gaudy graphics. And it became popular despite the expense of teletext capable TVs. But where did the idea come from, why wasn’t it a thing in the USA, and why is it back - on the Internet?
• Teletext on Channel 4 1998 reconstituted from video tape recordings: http://www.uniquecodeanddata.co.uk/teletext76/ch4-19981023/
• Page of all recordings reconstituted, going back to 1979: http://www.uniquecodeanddata.co.uk/teletext76/
• Another teletext archive: https://www.teletextarchive.com/
• Teefax service online: https://zxnet.co.uk/teletext/viewer/
• Nathan Dane’s Ceefax service online: https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/ceefax/
• Nathan’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanXH607
• Open University TV programme discussing some of the technical parts of teletext: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwfQ8Y8l4Fo
• Jason Robertson talk about recovering teletext from VHS tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy23geJFMUQ
• ZDF (Germany) teletext recreation: https://teletext.zdf.de/teletext/zdf/
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_captioning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullard_SAA5050
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19790516&id=DwEMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=21gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6334,14832
https://books.google.com/books?id=DilcKbMBXRMC&pg=PA581#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NABTS
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_Delivery_Control
https://625.uk.com/pdc/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORACLE_(teletext)
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http://www.uniquecodeanddata.co.uk/teletext76/ch4-19981023/
https://www.techradar.com/news/internet/how-teletext-and-ceefax-are-coming-back-from-the-dead-1326145
https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/ceefax/
https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/ceefax/history/
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