Teletext Time Machine: A full Ceefax service from 1979

Published

May 30, 2016

Ever wanted to hop in a time machine and go back to 1979?

Me neither – I couldn’t live without my Tamagotchi. But thanks to Jason Robertson‘s first VHS tape recovery from the 1970s, you can revisit the decade without worrying about how to get back to 2016. Neither do you have to worry about Arnold bursting through bill posters and asking you for boots and a motorcycle.

How do I do that?

Browse the links and images below and pretend it really is 1979 again!

BBC1 Ceefax, 20th July 1979
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Charivari 1979 British Open 1979 FT Index 1979 Ceefax On Show 1979 Ceefax Demo 1979 Ceefax Weather 1979 Tour De France 1979

In this article:Ceefax, Jason Robertson, Teletext Time Machine

Written By Dan Farrimond

Teletext artist and head mad scientist at the UK Teletext Art Research Lab (TARL). | hello [at] teletextart (dot) co *dot* uk | danfarrimond.co.uk

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