[BBC-Micro] CEEFAX short story contest

From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordon_at_gjcp.net>
Date: Tue Sep 21 13:38:09 2004

>>
>> I'm still not sure what was used server-side to construct and hold
>> teletext pages either (fro BBC's Ceefax or others); likely a DEC mini of
>> some sort - BBC machines for page composition?
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> Jules

I saw a thing once which was apparently a Prestel/Teletext page
composer. From memory (and bear in mind I was probably about 9 or 10 at
the time) it was a 19" rack with eurocards in it, a colour monitor on
top and a very odd keyboard with lots of extra symbols engraved on the
fronts of the keys. I do remember that they did things in conjunction
with the <CTRL> key - R had a crosshatch symbol, and <CTRL-R> produced a
character grid on the screen (and made the monitor make an ear-piercing
howl!).

I wish I could remember more about it. The guy who owned it was a
friend of my late father's, who was very into amateur radio and
computers. IIRC he was called Martin Wheeler, and he moved to Australia
to farm crocodiles or something.

Gordon.
Received on Tue Sep 21 2004 - 13:38:09 BST