William Denton"Dial a computer and ask for a readout on your TV screen." A short piece on Telidon from the Toronto Sunday Star, 29 July 1979.
The illustration is by my uncle, Angus MacDonald, who was moonlighting for a friend.
Stewart Russell
Mike DankBig Baggy Shorts: Recovering Data From Canada’s Telidon System | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore — https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10927689/figures#figures
Santo NuciforaI am a big fan of Canada's old #Telidon system that was an advancement to #Videotex services in the early 80s. It was the precursor to #NAPLPS that was used across North America. Here is an uncommon #Commodore 64 software title that decoded Telidon Videotex from the Manitoba Telephone System.
This was a bit of an ordeal …
I wrote some Python that generated #NAPLPS — a vector graphics format used on some videotex #BBS services in the 1980s-90s. I'm playing it back here on a #C64 NAPLPS terminal.
I know that the graphic isn't amazing, but the amount of work it took just to decipher how coordinates and colours are applied was pretty daunting.
Videotex – NAPLPS Client for the Commodore 64 Archived — http://jammingsignal.com/2018/01/10/videotex-naplps-client-for-the-commodore-64-archived/
Of *course* my friend Leif found #NAPLPS / #Telidon software for the C64 ...
Remember Tomorrow: A Telidon Story | InterAccess — https://interaccess.org/exhibition/remember-tomorrow-telidon-story
This exhibit opens tomorrow at Inter/Access in Toronto
jddRegistration now open for my talk “Hacking Telidon in the 21st Century” at InterAccess in Toronto, Sept 8, 6 to 7:30 pm
https://interaccess.org/event/2023/hacking-telidon-21st-century