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> teletext is increasingly un-used. Was there a time when teletext was actually used? Honest question, I was under the impression that it just never managed to
by Mahn 12y ago
> teletext is increasingly un-used.
Was there a time when teletext was actually used? Honest question, I was under the impression that it just never managed to catch on.
- iuguy 12y agoTeletext was pretty big in the 90s before broadband took off. It was easily accessible to a lot of people, including older viewers. Television was the primary source of media for a lot of people (followed by radio and newspaper), and Teletext was pretty much the only way to get near real-time updates of what was happening at any point in time.
- gvr 12y agoI used it pretty much daily in Sweden back in the 80s and 90s to check news, broadcasting schedule, weather, etc. There were a few hundred "pages" and each page had a 3 digit number that you'd punch in to retrieve it.