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# You googled that to look smart didn't you?
I can vaguely remember Channel 4 launching,
And channel 5 is etched into my mind because of that god awfull power of 5 spice girls thing they had on there for 3 weeks that my sister insisted on watching 24/7 incase they changed it!!!!
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:09, archived)
# I wiki'd to check
But I knew the order, 1,3,2,4,5 from a pub quiz answer I got wrong.

Things like that you never forget :(
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:11, archived)
# Technically
It goes 1,3,2,4,sky one,5

If you where posh in the 80's and had Geoderal bank slapped on the side of your house that is!
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:15, archived)
# My mistake
Didnt realise Sky 1 was terrestrial in the 80s ;)
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:18, archived)
# I never said it was.... I said I was posh!
And depends on your view of terrestrial... does cable count? It doesnt leave the ground!

Also, my Ex had this weird Redifusion box thing on her windowledge that had buttons on it, a very early cable thing that still worked up to the early 2000s when virgin "accidentally" cut the cable to the box.
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:20, archived)
# well, "Sky Channel"
(yes i did google it)
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:18, archived)
# we had sky
With an amstrad box with an LED screen, it was awesome. And getting chipped smartcards with a hundredweight of circuit board coming out the back to watch the adult channel.
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:20, archived)
# Ours was a weird thing...
It had 8 channel buttons and a H/V selection button (horizontal or vertical) and an analogue fine tune wheel, With no remote! so I had to permanently sit on the floor whilst my dad barked orders at me during any wind/rain/snow/sun/weather issues.

*edit*
Nosing for a pic of it, I forgot, this was our second system

Note the separate decoder.
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:25, archived)
# ahh memories...
mine was the one on the right, with a blipper.
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:34, archived)
# My uncle had a program to decode the adult channel and a few others.
Unfortunately his PC was upstairs, so he had an rs232 cable running from his living room, into the dining room, out the window, up the wall, into the window into his "study" (which was a bedroom too small for a bed) And in those days of pre-pentium 486's it was decode crap soft porn or play in Day of the tentacle... Not both at once! however would we survive without soft porn and point and click games at the same time now?

When we got this system, I remember my Dad building a new "entertainment unit" as he called it (shelves) He was very proud of it because the decoder (which used to get VERY hot) was hidden under it at the back, looked lovely, but not practical as after running it for about 3/4 hours it would get VERY hot and you would have to take the card out, rub it on your t-shirt and stick it back in for it to work another 2 hours or so.
(I helped save b3ta! tim1701 I have no board signature!!!!!, Thu 24 Nov 2011, 12:41, archived)