Episodes
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
teletext People - Graham Norwood
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
"We were the first people in the World to do this sort of thing..."
Graham Norwood.
Graham is a prolific travel writer and Formula One fan, but before all of this he cut his journalistic teeth at BBC Ceefax.
Graham recalls the stories and events that the service reported on and conveyed to the public in it's unique way.
There is also a rare insight into how some Ceefax staff felt in the food-chain of BBC journalists. Were these fair observations?
Listen and share your thoughts...
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Music by Mr Nissness https://www.youtube.com/@mrnissness
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Wednesday May 31, 2023
Phone Phreaking w/Patrick & Cody
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
In this episode we enjoy the recollections of Patrick, @cgnfridays and Cody, @pranfunkels as they discus hacks and tricks to get free calls on phone systems like their hero, Matt Broderick and try not to get caught... with varying consequences.
They explain what innocent, inquisitive kids can get up to with telephones and how they took over voice mail systems to create a BBS without the knowledge that the US Hacker community were already at it too!
Music by mrnissness.bandcamp.com
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Thursday May 18, 2023
teletext lore!
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Dan Farrimond and myself discuss the evolution of techlores, originating from copiers to fax machine then to our beloved media of choice!
But how many lores are there?
Music from Mr Nissneness (as in Business) mrnissness.bandcamp.com
Wayne Dreaden @WJD2owls
Thanks as ever to @illarterate Dan for hosting with me.
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Thursday May 04, 2023
teletext People- Frauke Langguth ARD Text
Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
A super special episode where I talk to Frauke Langguth about ARD Text, A real live teletext service!
The service runs in Germany on the National broadcaster ARD. Frauke explains how she got involved with teletext, what the service delivers and the possible futures of the technology.
It was an absolute pleasure to speak with Frauke, you can visits the service at
ard-text.de
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Thursday Apr 27, 2023
A History of DIY Home Computers
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Before the Home computers became ubiquitous and a technology we can not live without, they were hobbies and self built projects assembled by the luminaries home computing.
This episode looks at the origins of kit computers in the US, the TV Typewriter; the UK the MK14, System 1 and 101 and Yugoslavia with it's embargo busting Galaksija.
The show includes recollections of the users of these machines and a very special interview with the Creator of Galaksija, Voja Antonic.
My thanks go to Georg Fuchs for the Voja Antonic interview. www.lotek64.com
Dan Farrimond and Chinny Hill's voice talents.
Music = Mr Niceness on Youtube
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Friday Apr 14, 2023
teletext People - Paul B Davis
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
I had the privilege to interview the very person that, unbeknown to him, started my journey in teletext art and with it, the friendships I built with many other like minded folk.
Paul's one and only online teletext project had far reaching influences on many of us and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I have had in making them all so far.
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Thursday Jan 26, 2023
teletext People - Buzz! Gareth Herincx
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Oracle's Buzz! Magazine was the first tech, teen culture and music magazine of it's kind. It's interactive nature was a major influence on many that viewed the electronic magazine one who went on to make services themselves! (Mr Biffo- see previous episode!)
Join us as we talk about Debbie's Dairy, Buzz! and plenty more!
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Friday Jan 13, 2023
teletext People - Sara Scott-Rivers
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
In her glittering career, Sara Scott-Rivers worked extensively with both Viewdata and teletext.
Following designer-editor roles with Prestel in the 1980s, she joined Teletext Ltd prior to its launch in 1993.
Sara was kind enough to share her recollections of working with the blocky mediums with me in this podcast series.
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Byte High No Limit
A pod series that covers the history of my favourite childhood arcade, the origin, the people and the machines.
Also the future of the site now the Arcade is gone.
Also the Teletext people series, where we speak to the people who made the UK's first TV info system work and others who now keep it's historic legacy going.
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