About

The Site

Reading the 'Zine was a part of daily life for many people. When I realised that there was a considerable nostalgic fondness for it, I started a quest to collect and organise all the letters that were broadcast during its tenure.

The writings of a generation would then be preserved for all to enjoy again.

This museum is only possible thanks to the tireless efforts of the teletext community. They spend hours recording and converting VHS tapes to unearth pages that were once thought lost.

Thanks to:

• John Aspinall
  Github
• Tim Bisley
• Adrian Burke
• Alistair Buxton
• Dave Gilbert
  Web
• Brian Hirst
• M0AYF
• Neil Miles
  Twitter
• Andrew Nile
  Web | Twitter
• James O'Malley
  Web | Twitter
• Tom Pitt
  Twitter
• Nigel Reed
  Web
• Jason Robertson
  Web | Twitter
• Sound.And.Vision
  Web
• John Veness
  Twitter
• Xed
  Twitter
• ZXGuesser
  Web | Twitter

Apprecations also go to donors who wish to remain anonymous, and anyone I forgot!

Questions

Why the font?

It is a recreation of a font that was used to show teletext content on some TVs. Other TVs used the Enhanced Teletext Standard font.

Alternate fonts are available in the "Accessibility" settings.

Where is 2007-09 in the index?

I don't have any letters to show for those years yet.

On the 13th July 2006, the 'Zine moved to Teletext Ltd's service on digital TV. A different method of recovery is needed for those.

I Need You

Do you have VHS recordings of analogue TV? Did you save the MHEG-5 carousels for the Teletext channel between 2006-2009?

If yes, and you'd like to share, then please get in touch!

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