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Re:Teletext on a BBC Computer in 2024 by scoot on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:23AM (#39175446)
> You can even use it in a browser

Interestingly an intern at a telecoms research company where I worked in IT was tasked with using an OTA teletext receiver to convert teletext to web circa 1995/96.

I don't recall the details about it, other than that he got it working, after reverse engineering the (serial?) protocol the supplied software used. But nothing ever became of that project as far as I know.

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Re:Teletext on a BBC Computer in 2024 by anonzzzies on Monday January 29, 2024 @07:28AM (#39175474)
In the netherlands, one of the earlier internet companies created this in the 90s as well. If I remember correctly it was first a java applet and then ported to JS with a CGI bin talking to the input hardware.
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