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[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

I don't know what Ceefax is, but the rest sounds good.

[-] wanderinglurk@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It was like browsing a plain text internet through a television. Data was quite literally received through the same antenna as the TV programmes.

[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

Not just through the antenna, it was literally a part of the video signal. Was in the 13 (I think) lines after the sync but before any image. If you have a VHS recorded from British Tele, you can actually use that to view it (depending on the quality of the tape.)

[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 days ago

Ahh, right those things. annoying they had a different name in every country.

[-] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

Huh. Neat.

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