ะฒะตัะตั | 3rd place #teletext at Flashparty 2025
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ะฒะตัะตั | 3rd place #teletext at Flashparty 2025
#art #teletextart #pixelart #demoscene #textmode #textmodeart #ascii #asciiart #digitalart #computerart #8bitart #8bit #1bitart #1bit #bbs #ceefax #tekstitv #coffee #tea #evening #cozy
"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."
Not a trick, and you were right but for the wrong reason.
The BBC demonstrated a prototype Ceefax on Tomorrow's World in October 1972, and it was in field trials in 1973. The Internet was invented in 1973, and Stanford, BBN, UCL, et al. were pushing packets around by 1975.
New pence, Ceefax, ABBA, and (according to its inventor) the pronoun "xe" all pre-date the Internet.
https://jdebp.uk/FGA/sex-neutral-pronouns.html#ABBA
#history #Internet #Ceefax #ABBA #Decimalization #EnglishLanguage
If you get this joke, then youโre exceptionally geeky about at least two different thingsโฆ
this is genuinely just how I get my news now, this and mastodon
Have you ever tried out preserving teletext from VHS?
If so, I'd be grateful if you could take a short survey: https://samgu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cN4cVoQbilRudaC
This would help research on digital and teletext preservation. #teletext #ceefax #archives #vhs #archiveteam #datahoarder