moonlit Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I've wanted to create my own Teletext pages for ages and I've never been able to find a decent way to view them easily on a PC (and it's even harder to view them on a TV without expensive gear) so I figured I'd make a Teletext simulator so I can do just that... Download it here if you wanna try it out... http://www.freewebs.com/5kah/TelSetup.rar Edit: I've had a report of someone's display going funny after using this but I've had no problems with it. Use at your own risk. It's not complete yet by any means but it works well enough that you can view pages on it, pages can now have coloured text (and multiple text colours on one line) and it's pretty quick too. Screenshots: Page 899: Test page, similar to the 'clock cracker' (image from Channel 5 in the UK, Teletext Then and Now). Page 210: Part of the Podcast and IPTV section, another test page. Page 201: The first page of the Podcast section. Yet to be completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 thats pretty cool, are you going to share the source code of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 thats pretty cool, are you going to share the source code of it? lol I was afriad someone would ask that... it's a *complete* mess but I might release it at some point... I might give out a tutorial on how to make the teletext files though, I'm kinda lacking on content ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 This is cool, but I cant find a use for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Yay for text-based non-interactive information services! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 It's cool and all, but what is the point if it is non-interactive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 It's pretty cool, and I agree with Computer_Kid that there isn't any use for. Maybe it isn't anymore the time for teletext. grtz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Also, teletext is virtually non-existent in the US. All "informational" channels are basically just sideshows broadcasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I use it frequently cause in belgium, every channel has it. But now with the digital tv you don't have teletext, you can just see the programmation for the whole month if your watching digital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Exactly the reason I made this (or one of the reasons)... Why leave it to die? It's just another piece of comms history so why not preserve it? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 you are a good person, you give a change to the old stuff to survive on the net. keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 Am I the only person who gets excited when a new TV channel starts up, not because of the shows but to see how they're gonna launch it? Am I the only person who actually feels kinda empty when a TV channel dies or a long-running service is closed down? Am I the only person who gets a gut reaction to the BBC closedown in the early hours of the morning? TV content might be crap but the medium needn't be crap with it :) I'd love to keep all the old pages, the technical faults, the temporary or test pages... technical faults always get me kinda excited too, I wonder how long the fault can evade the engineers or how long they can possibly last with a whole channel off the air ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 What language is it written in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 'tis VB6 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevronX Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 I think its a good idea, and a pretty good old school display system for those who dont want graphic stuff. I could defiently use this, just to look l33t, and it could be modified into an old school RSS reader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Am I the only person who actually feels kinda empty when a TV channel dies or a long-running service is closed down? Yes, Tech TV. It was a sad day when that channel was sold. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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