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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/internetfuneral
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There's something charming about trying to express yourself graphically with access to only 8 colours.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

More likely EGA or VGA with 16 or 256 available colors. CGA was only 4 and the colors were chosen by someone who really liked pink.

Still, there was probably some video mode somewhere that only had 8 colors.

Edit: I didn't know teletype was not PC related. TIL.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This is not pc-related though. Teletext was information pages transmitted on UK terrestrial (analogue) television channels in the long-distant past.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I've always loved it. Here in Sweden it's called text-tv.

Edit: Was supposed to say it's but said was

[–] PixxlMan 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's still around!

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I know but I don't use my TV as a TV anymore! Do see that I wrote "was" though.

There's also the app, but it's not the same.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Oh cool. I didn't understand that it was a completely different tech. TIL, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

The BBC closed Ceefax in 2012. If that’s the long distant past then my date of birth suggests I’m an antique…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

In your defence it never came to Canada.

I made that pic myself in a teletext editor, so it's genuine teletext, not made to look like it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Same vibe as ENDOOM, though that has access to more colours. Some custom wads feature amazing ones.