Date   : Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:28:29 +0100 (BST)
From   : haroonnet2002@... (F. Haroon)
Subject: Morley teletext adapter anyone?

Didn't they fit the new chip with the later models, Master and Archie onwards?
Master has extended characters.

Fiaz

On Mon Aug 1st, 2011 3:32 PM BST Rick Murray wrote:

>On 01/08/2011 14:26, Rick Murray wrote:
>
>>> This is exactly what I will miss, Ceefax and the chance ever to use a
>>> teletext adapter with my BBC.
>> Try some international channels?
>
>Following up my original posting to say - it is a shame the BBC uses the 
>SAA5050 for the teletext character generator. The dot resolution is 
>fairly low, it doesn't support alternative character sets, and - as I 
>said before - it doesn't understand "black as a colour" which is used a 
>fair bit (Viva and CNBC come to mind).
>If you've got a dish at 19.2E, the last time I looked (last summer), BBC 
>World had a cut-down version of Ceefax. It concentrated more on news and 
>such (obviously), but is (was?) a quick way to grab the headlines.
>
>It's a shame Acorn didn't fit the more complete SAA5243 - but I guess a 
>single chargen chip was less expensive than an entire receiver module.
>
>That said - a Beeb with the full chip and some clever software plus a 
>UHF *de*modulator could provide teletext (plus viewdata) right out of 
>the box. Could have gone well with the BBC's telesoftware and literacy 
>programmes?
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Rick.
>
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