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Writing a paper letter to Teletext and get an answer, love it. The internet and the web has som serious warts, but it is also amazing.

• timthorn 8y ago
  And if you were really into Teletext (and had enough cash) you could get an adaptor to download software OTA: http://www.heyrick.co.uk/software/ttx/ttxouse.html http://www.heyrick.co.uk/software/ttx/ttxouse.html
  • rahimnathwani 8y ago
    This reminds me that I saw a TV programme once where they played the tape of a program for the BBC Micro over the air, and suggested that a viewer hold up their tape recorder to the TV speaker, to record it, for later loading onto the computer. I never tried it. I'm not sure whether acoustic coupling would have worked well enough to load successfully.
    • Someone 8y ago
      It could be made to work, even without error correction. See for example https://www.hobbyscoop.nl/the-history-of-basicode/ https://www.hobbyscoop.nl/the-history-of-basicode/, which describes the Dutch way to broadcast (portable!) Basic programs over radio. I think they broadcast every program multiple times, though.