Viewdata phone, issued by the British Post Office, 1978.
January 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Viewdata phone, issued by the British Post Office, 1978.
#Oktoberfest 2026 is underway. Cheers!
#teletext #pixelart #ceefax #videotext #viewdata #prestel #1bit #textmode #textart #artistsonbluesky #Theresienwiese
#teletext #pixelart #ceefax #videotext #viewdata #prestel #1bit #textmode #textart #artistsonbluesky #Theresienwiese
September 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
#Oktoberfest 2026 is underway. Cheers!
#teletext #pixelart #ceefax #videotext #viewdata #prestel #1bit #textmode #textart #artistsonbluesky #Theresienwiese
#teletext #pixelart #ceefax #videotext #viewdata #prestel #1bit #textmode #textart #artistsonbluesky #Theresienwiese
Day 201 - #retrorandom - Yet another machine sitting in the repair pile, sadly. It's a Sony KTX-9000UB - a Viewdata terminal with a gorgeous Trinitron monitor.
July 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Day 201 - #retrorandom - Yet another machine sitting in the repair pile, sadly. It's a Sony KTX-9000UB - a Viewdata terminal with a gorgeous Trinitron monitor.
Day 202 - #retrorandom - Viewdata twice in a row! I do have a lot of pictures of viewdata terminals, mind you. Today it's my favourite of the Minitel style terminals, the Altcatel VT258. It earns this place in my affections because it can do both Prestel and Minitel and has a QWERTY keyboard!
July 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Day 202 - #retrorandom - Viewdata twice in a row! I do have a lot of pictures of viewdata terminals, mind you. Today it's my favourite of the Minitel style terminals, the Altcatel VT258. It earns this place in my affections because it can do both Prestel and Minitel and has a QWERTY keyboard!
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Day 40 - #retrorandom - Is it possible to have too many Viewdata terminals? Nah, of course it isn't! And here's my lovely Philips Telematico, designed, I think, for the Italian market. 1/2
February 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Day 40 - #retrorandom - Is it possible to have too many Viewdata terminals? Nah, of course it isn't! And here's my lovely Philips Telematico, designed, I think, for the Italian market. 1/2
I fell down a Prestel hole and you all need to see the coin-operated viewdata terminals deployed by the British Library
December 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM
I fell down a Prestel hole and you all need to see the coin-operated viewdata terminals deployed by the British Library
Day 3 - #retrorandom - Back in 2020 I got rather obsessed by Viewdata terminals (and possibly still am). I particularly liked this Ace-Telecom set top box, although I still need to do some work on the remote, as you really need to jab the keys hard. Note there's no way to enter text. 1/3
January 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Day 3 - #retrorandom - Back in 2020 I got rather obsessed by Viewdata terminals (and possibly still am). I particularly liked this Ace-Telecom set top box, although I still need to do some work on the remote, as you really need to jab the keys hard. Note there's no way to enter text. 1/3
It's @countbinface.bsky.social's #teletext manifesto, captured on the Binfax TV Network, 11 June 2026! #Ceefax is back already and he hasn't even won yet. :D
#pixelart #1bit #prestel #videotext #viewdata #invision #WiganKebab
#pixelart #1bit #prestel #videotext #viewdata #invision #WiganKebab
June 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
It's @countbinface.bsky.social's #teletext manifesto, captured on the Binfax TV Network, 11 June 2026! #Ceefax is back already and he hasn't even won yet. :D
#pixelart #1bit #prestel #videotext #viewdata #invision #WiganKebab
#pixelart #1bit #prestel #videotext #viewdata #invision #WiganKebab
Day 147 - #retrorandom - It's 2020 and, yes, you guessed it, I've bought another Viewdata terminal - this time it's a Magis, designed for France's Minitel network. This dinky all-in-one unit is one of the later terminals, from the mid 1990s.
May 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Day 147 - #retrorandom - It's 2020 and, yes, you guessed it, I've bought another Viewdata terminal - this time it's a Magis, designed for France's Minitel network. This dinky all-in-one unit is one of the later terminals, from the mid 1990s.
Day 89 - #retrorandom - It's 2020 and I've eventually tracked down an AlphaTantel - possibly Tandata's second (or maybe event first) Viewdata terminal. Tandata was a spin of off Cambridge's Tangerine - another spinoff of which made the wonderful little Oric-1 ... 1/3
March 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Day 89 - #retrorandom - It's 2020 and I've eventually tracked down an AlphaTantel - possibly Tandata's second (or maybe event first) Viewdata terminal. Tandata was a spin of off Cambridge's Tangerine - another spinoff of which made the wonderful little Oric-1 ... 1/3
Day 156 - #retrorandom - It's 2022 and I'm getting some viewdata terminal photos done ahead of that year's Block Party (a gathering of Teletext enthusiasts who let us Viewdata guys hang around at the back). I love this little Tandata 'Data Adaptor' from 1981 (ish)
June 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Day 156 - #retrorandom - It's 2022 and I'm getting some viewdata terminal photos done ahead of that year's Block Party (a gathering of Teletext enthusiasts who let us Viewdata guys hang around at the back). I love this little Tandata 'Data Adaptor' from 1981 (ish)
If you want a square, it's ⌗ or "viewdata square" if you're searching for it in the macOS emoji keyboard
September 23, 2026 at 3:53 AM
If you want a square, it's ⌗ or "viewdata square" if you're searching for it in the macOS emoji keyboard
It's a Viewdata terminal for early online services.
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's a Viewdata terminal for early online services.
#Teletext TV Head Man is back for Outline Festival '26! 5th place in the Freestyle Graphics compo. Back on the (demo) scene, baby. 😎
demozoo.org/parties/5471...
#pixelart #ceefax #graphics #artistonbluesky #1bit #tvhead #videotext #viewdata #textmode #demoscene
demozoo.org/parties/5471...
#pixelart #ceefax #graphics #artistonbluesky #1bit #tvhead #videotext #viewdata #textmode #demoscene
May 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
#Teletext TV Head Man is back for Outline Festival '26! 5th place in the Freestyle Graphics compo. Back on the (demo) scene, baby. 😎
demozoo.org/parties/5471...
#pixelart #ceefax #graphics #artistonbluesky #1bit #tvhead #videotext #viewdata #textmode #demoscene
demozoo.org/parties/5471...
#pixelart #ceefax #graphics #artistonbluesky #1bit #tvhead #videotext #viewdata #textmode #demoscene
It took me longer that I thought but my 6809 Acorn System 3 can now access Viewdata... and in time for RetroFest!
October 25, 2023 at 5:55 PM
It took me longer that I thought but my 6809 Acorn System 3 can now access Viewdata... and in time for RetroFest!
Mar 1980: Pye Viewdata TVs ad from Rediffusion
(+Viewdata TVs; Audio; Hi-Fi; Colour TVs; VCRs; and Teletext)
«Pye with Prestel... put your finger on it at Rediffusion»
(+Viewdata TVs; Audio; Hi-Fi; Colour TVs; VCRs; and Teletext)
«Pye with Prestel... put your finger on it at Rediffusion»
March 22, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Mar 1980: Pye Viewdata TVs ad from Rediffusion
(+Viewdata TVs; Audio; Hi-Fi; Colour TVs; VCRs; and Teletext)
«Pye with Prestel... put your finger on it at Rediffusion»
(+Viewdata TVs; Audio; Hi-Fi; Colour TVs; VCRs; and Teletext)
«Pye with Prestel... put your finger on it at Rediffusion»
Day 125 - #retrorandom - It's 2021 and time for a Tandata family reunion! I think this was because I was planning a Viewdata table for an upcoming Blockparty in Cambridge. It was time to test and see how many of these actually worked ... 1/2
May 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Day 125 - #retrorandom - It's 2021 and time for a Tandata family reunion! I think this was because I was planning a Viewdata table for an upcoming Blockparty in Cambridge. It was time to test and see how many of these actually worked ... 1/2
The lost online world that came before the Internet and the World Wide Web #viewdata #prestel #micronet800
www.escapistmagazine.com/news-the-los...
www.escapistmagazine.com/news-the-los...
Prestel and Micronet: Britain’s Lost Internet - The Escapist
A personal history of Prestel and Micronet 800, Britain’s pre-internet online world of chatlines, hacking, MUDs, and Shades.
www.escapistmagazine.com
May 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The lost online world that came before the Internet and the World Wide Web #viewdata #prestel #micronet800
www.escapistmagazine.com/news-the-los...
www.escapistmagazine.com/news-the-los...
Day 205 - #retrorandom - Here's a fun little project I must return to. The gorgeous Matra Alice 90 has a genlock of all things - I think it's probably a side effect of the fact uses a slightly hacked Thomson viewdata chip for its graphics ... 1/2
July 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Day 205 - #retrorandom - Here's a fun little project I must return to. The gorgeous Matra Alice 90 has a genlock of all things - I think it's probably a side effect of the fact uses a slightly hacked Thomson viewdata chip for its graphics ... 1/2
My local library had a Sony (?) Viewdata terminal connected to a service called "Themis" and I spent HOURS exploring it
January 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My local library had a Sony (?) Viewdata terminal connected to a service called "Themis" and I spent HOURS exploring it