Comments on: Farewell, Ceefax: TV teletext service dies; nonsense pages immortalized in "Look Around You"

By: Dom

Dom — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:03:00 +0000

My favourite thing about CEEFAX was when they broadcast Telesoftware – downloadable software for home computers back in the 80s. So much easier than typing in code from magazines.

By: billstewart

billstewart — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Minitel is also going away this year, on June 30.

By: McGreens

McGreens — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:26:00 +0000

This brings back memories. There was some good stuff on Channel 4′s Teletext in the mid to late 90s.

By: Ronan O'Driscoll

Ronan O'Driscoll — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:54:00 +0000

You can still enjoy Aertel, the Irish version, in all its nostalgic pre-Internet 8-bitiness!

http://www.rte.ie/aertel/

By: Neill "Dire" Mitchell

Neill "Dire" Mitchell — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:10:00 +0000

Thanks Xeni –

Thanksni

By: darrrrrrn

darrrrrrn — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:08:00 +0000

The worm had a enjoyable send off too.

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:55:00 +0000

write that down in your copy book

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:54:00 +0000

That’s true, and it’s noted in the post—but the fake CEEFAX pages are the focus of this post.

By: Tony Trunzo

Tony Trunzo — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:41:00 +0000

Have you worked out what we’re looking for?

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:12:00 +0000

This must be really important – it’s been on Boing Boing twice in 12 hours:

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/teletext-uk-internet-precurso.html

By: Conrad Constantine

Conrad Constantine — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:08:00 +0000

I say with no hyperbole, that as a child in the early 80′s, going to visit my grandmother (and her Ceefax/Teletext-capable TV) was a rare treat; going hand-in-hand with access to 8bit Acorn computers, I envisioned a time in the future when computers would have access to something like Ceefax’s (seemingly global) network of information and news. (Yes yes, the internet really hadn’t broken into the 8-year old british kid market yet in 1982)..

Still, end of an era here. I’m sure there are no end of Englishmen out there for whom Ceefax/Teletext was our first introduction to digital delivery and set our dreams of the future in motion.