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Missed this yesterday!

"Ceefax was the world's first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the touch of a few buttons."

https://www.bbc.com/articles/cvg360rr91zo

#OTD #OnThisDay #history #technology #teletext #ceefax

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh nice.

"A searchable database of teletext pages recovered from domestic videotape"

https://teletextarchive.com

#teletext #archive #tech #technology

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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Apparently the site author is on the fediverse: @grim_[email protected]