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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by rahimnathwani on Sunday June 30, 2019 @02:30AM (#20316701)
The looping you describe sounds similar to how teletext worked. You would enter a page number, and wait for the page to load. If it was a common page (e.g. the default page '100') it would be transmitted more frequently, so the average wait time would be lower.
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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by elsurudo on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:41AM (#20317296)
> how teletext worked

How teletext works! In Europe, it is still used. There is weather, classifieds, LOTS of "seeking partner" ads usually for the older generation, etc...

Really neat technology/"hack" when you think about it

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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by rahimnathwani on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:57AM (#20317357)
"In Europe, it is still used."

Wow. Your comment prompted me to ask my dad whether he still uses teletext. I assumed the answer would be 'no', because he can read and watch news on his iPad.

But apparently he still uses teletext for quick access to news headlines and share prices.

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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by danieldk on Sunday June 30, 2019 @07:03AM (#20317605)
I have also seen people who use the online version/simulation of teletext. Probably because it is so brief and has very few distractions. E.g.:

https://nos.nl/teletekst

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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by s_y_n_t_a_x on Sunday June 30, 2019 @10:51AM (#20318498)
That's really cool. Thanks for the link.
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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by jeffrallen on Sunday June 30, 2019 @06:08PM (#20320870)
In Switzerland, subtitles are on TT page 777.
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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by Symbiote on Sunday June 30, 2019 @07:46AM (#20317714)
That's also how the auxiliary content in digital TV works -- the content that isn't video, audio or subtitles.

The channel guide and semi-interactive text content (i.e. "modern" teletext) are special packets in the MPEG stream, and are cached by the receiver.

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Re:Vintage video game cartridges with built-in modems by izacus on Sunday June 30, 2019 @10:01AM (#20318228)
Yep, and the MPEG streams in Europe still carry actual Teletext on some DVB-T/C streams and even IP-TV.
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