Date   : Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:58 +0100
From   : tim.matthews@... (Tim Matthews)
Subject: Morley Teletext Adapter

Don't worry - you haven't been missing much!!

When you say record, do you mean record off-air on to SVHS? to be honest
I wouldn't have a clue. But ISTR to remember from the page number
indicator in the top left of the Ceefax screen that they were broadcast
at perhaps a couple per second? 
But there again I suppose whatever method you use you can't capture them
quicker then they're broadcast!

I've actually stumbled across a load of 5.25" discs that are labelled
'teletext' and possibly a date, from the 80s I think... But I don't even
know if they're Acorn or DOS... I'm trying to get a drive hooked up to a
pc to take a look what's on them. 


tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Wolstenholme [mailto:bbcmailinglist@...] 
> Sent: 09 June 2009 13:05
> To: Tim Matthews
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Morley Teletext Adapter
> 
> Yes, I've only just realised that this is why we can't get channel 5!
> 
> The Teletext exhibit was fairly popular at Byte-Back, so if I 
> go to any more shows after the signal has gone off, I should 
> still be able to do a Teletext exhibit using the video recordings.
> 
> How long would I need to record to get the full selection of 
> Teletext pages?
> 
> When a region is switched off, is there a "farewell" 
> broadcast on Teletext shortly before?  I would like to 
> capture this moment if possible.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> 
> Ian
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Matthews [mailto:tim.matthews@...]
> To: bbcmailinglist@...
> Sent: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:33:15 +0100
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Morley Teletext Adapter
> 
> 
> > This has led to a 30 year misconception being revealed - having 
> > thought, since about 1977, that we were on the Winter Hill 
> > transmitter, it turns out that we're on the Bacup one!
> 
> Did you not wonder where Channel 5 was??
> 
> But well done with the teletext, I shall picking your brains 
> when I blow the bust off mine.
> I'm quite keen to see some kind of teletext carry on after 
> the analogue transmitters have been turned off too...
> 
> tim
> 
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