food, teletext, forgotten horrors of history 

@jk @envgen @tomharris @fireh9lly most of the time pages from ceefax had a horrible sine wave or noise or something?? occaisonally it had elevator music though

food, teletext, forgotten horrors of history 

@kit @jk @envgen @tomharris @fireh9lly oh yeah, they used to do the "just show pages from teletext" thing on public access tv here in holland too up until like, the mid-'00s
usually accompanied by one of the (at the time 5) public radio channels here or just straight up silence

food, teletext, forgotten horrors of history 

@Thaminga @jk @envgen @tomharris @fireh9lly america totally missed out on the wonders of teletext

food, teletext, forgotten horrors of history 

@Thaminga @jk @envgen @tomharris @fireh9lly i was really happy when the look around you dvds had fake "pages from ceefax" in the extras

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