I've been recording Ceefax for years
Only occasionally, but over a prolonged period.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:07, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*does 'cuckoo' motion*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:10, Reply)

Soon these things will be gone
:(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:11, Reply)

I loved the way that
despite enormous leaps and bounds in the development of computer graphics over the past 20 years they doggedly stuck to 'Donkey Kong' style presentation.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:18, Reply)

It's comforting

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Easy now love.
That's more information than required. Watching is one thing, recording......well, that's a glimpse into a world that must not be spoken of.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:13, Reply)

It's only if I think on
Or if the music's particularly Ceefaxy, or Django Reihardty, or if I've come in from the pub and I'm feeling nostalgic.
I don't have a Ceefax library...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:15, Reply)

Of course you don't,
No one has, no one would go that far, would they now?
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Did you ever finish Bambozled?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:30, Reply)

With Bamber?
Too fucking right.
You could cheat, because if it was taking a long time to reach the page, it was a wrong answer. If it was correct it would blip to it right away (you know those sub-pages)
So you could actually quickly press all the FastText buttons until you got it right.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:34, Reply)

Blue Suede Views and Digitiser were my faves.

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:38, Reply)

What was the name of the letters page on Oracle???
EDIT and oh my sweet jesus and his holy blessed mother, you've just blown yourself right up!!!!
Teletext freak!!!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:39, Reply)

Well, seeing as how the truth is now out
teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oracle/
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:45, Reply)

BUZZ
Oh this is like porn.
Think I looked at this a while back and lost hours in work...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:48, Reply)

Hah cool, I didn't know that.
I don't think I ever finished that game, even though it was only like 20 questions.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:42, Reply)

I just remembered the feel of our remote control :(
and coming home from school and putting on Teletext to see what had been going on.

Oh boy, I've really moved on...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:44, Reply)

Tesco Value Internet

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:46, Reply)

Vintage internet
You cunt
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:49, Reply)

I Can't Believe It's Not Internet

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:52, Reply)

Utterly Netterly
It was born in 1978 and died a little in 1992
EXACTLY like me...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:53, Reply)

Look
New Years Eve 1992, midnight, the 'bells',I was babysitting.
I actually rang in the new year watching Channel 4 Oracle flip to Teletext.
There. I said it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:55, Reply)

That's it, just let it all out.
I assume you do know that Teletext is stop altogether some time this month.

www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a165453/teletext-to-shut-down-in-2010.html
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:59, Reply)

I do know
And I'm gutted. I've been taping bits of Ceefax. Especially the festive stuff.
But I haz internetz to keep me warm.
Wonder what it is about reaching into a screen when there's real stuff around.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 12:01, Reply)

Real Stuff can equal 'Bad Touching', and no one wants that.
Except Al perhaps.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 12:04, Reply)

I've gone all weird and tellyfied
I need a cuppa
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 29 Dec 2009, 12:04, Reply)