Date   : Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:26:34 +0100
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Teletext / Viewdata / Prestel people

Here's a screenshot of the BR Prestel gateway showing some train times:

http://www.irrelevant.com\bbc\topc.gif

Simple, clean, and does the job...

Rob

On 15/06/2009, Rob <robert@...> wrote:
> LOL..I remember that one.  I always did think the displays looked very
> BBC Micro..
>
> Not really viewdata unfortunately, but as Ian says, it would be nice
> to see what the back-end looked like..
>
> On 15/06/2009, Ian Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...> wrote:
>> Found it:
>>
>> http://bbcmicro.net/old-8bs/seemisc.htm
>> http://bbcmicro.net/old-8bs/see/dohtrain.jpg
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ian Wolstenholme [mailto:bbcmailinglist@...]
>> To: bbc-micro@...
>> Sent: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:59:53 +0100
>> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Teletext / Viewdata / Prestel people
>>
>> The railway station picture used to be on 8BS.  I think Hull station
>> might
>> still be
>> using Beebs, it looked very much like it when I was last there, although
>> that was
>> October 2007.
>>
>> I would be very interested to know more about this system, the setup they
>> use or used and the software which runs it.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Andrew Benham [mailto:adsb@...]
>> To: robert@...
>> Cc: bbc-micro@...
>> Sent: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:01:20 +0100
>> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Teletext / Viewdata / Prestel people
>>
>> Rob wrote:
>>> British Rail had their own viewdata system available via a gateway
>>> from Prestel with train times and whatnot on it.
>>
>> I can't find it on the interweb at the moment, but someone had
>> a picture taken at a British station of a monitor above a
>> platform that was displaying
>>
>> BBC Computer 32K
>>
>> Acorn 1770 DFS
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew Benham           adsb@...
>> Southgate, London N14, United Kingdom
>>
>> The gates in my computer are AND OR and NOT, not "Bill".
>>
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