Nathan Dane
@nmsni.co.uk
Broadcast engineer
Creator of https://nmsceefax.co.uk
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Nathan Dane
@nmsni.co.uk
· Oct 3
Pages from Ceefax
YouTube video by Nathan Dane
www.youtube.com
Both forms of Ceefax are up at the moment. Let's see how long that lasts.
www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
nmsceefax.co.uk
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Reposted by Nathan Dane
I spent today extracting image data from some interesting eprom dumps...
Figuring out the fairly simple addressing, and shuffling everything around and recombining into a single file that could be decoded as a YUV video frame. 🙂
Figuring out the fairly simple addressing, and shuffling everything around and recombining into a single file that could be decoded as a YUV video frame. 🙂
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I spent today extracting image data from some interesting eprom dumps...
Figuring out the fairly simple addressing, and shuffling everything around and recombining into a single file that could be decoded as a YUV video frame. 🙂
Figuring out the fairly simple addressing, and shuffling everything around and recombining into a single file that could be decoded as a YUV video frame. 🙂
It's cold outside, but not to worry - I'll fire me clock up for heat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It's cold outside, but not to worry - I'll fire me clock up for heat.
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Ceefax used to be a big source of news for me before I had a laptop and internet access (and wayyyy before I had a smartphone)
so this really takes me back 😅
nmsceefax.co.uk by @nmsni.co.uk
so this really takes me back 😅
nmsceefax.co.uk by @nmsni.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ceefax used to be a big source of news for me before I had a laptop and internet access (and wayyyy before I had a smartphone)
so this really takes me back 😅
nmsceefax.co.uk by @nmsni.co.uk
so this really takes me back 😅
nmsceefax.co.uk by @nmsni.co.uk
yet another reminder of what we miss from old(er) YouTube.
Still shamelessly rewatching these occasionally.
Still shamelessly rewatching these occasionally.
The problem with aging is that past projects start having decade anniversaries.
It's now a decade since our first Park Bench video! And no, there will not be a reunion episode.
youtu.be/Fl-TnkmhTOM?si=f72Jk...
It's now a decade since our first Park Bench video! And no, there will not be a reunion episode.
youtu.be/Fl-TnkmhTOM?si=f72Jk...
Welcome to Matt and Tom's Park Bench
MATT: http://youtube.com/unnamedculprit
TOM: http://youtube.com/TomScottGo
Welcome to the Park Bench! This is where we'll put behind-the-scenes videos, interviews, answer questions, and... well, whatever you suggest in the comments, really.
The show'll start properly in December. What should we do next?
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
yet another reminder of what we miss from old(er) YouTube.
Still shamelessly rewatching these occasionally.
Still shamelessly rewatching these occasionally.
So yeah, third major cloud provider to mess up in 2 months.
I say again... Why aren't YOU self-hosting?
I say again... Why aren't YOU self-hosting?
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
So yeah, third major cloud provider to mess up in 2 months.
I say again... Why aren't YOU self-hosting?
I say again... Why aren't YOU self-hosting?
I'm getting tired of saying this, but in times of global "someone else's computer" outages, Ceefax remains online from a noisy server in someone's attic.
nmsceefax.co.uk
nmsceefax.co.uk
NMS Ceefax
An up-to-date version of the BBC's teletext service, Ceefax.
Nmsceefax.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm getting tired of saying this, but in times of global "someone else's computer" outages, Ceefax remains online from a noisy server in someone's attic.
nmsceefax.co.uk
nmsceefax.co.uk
I have designed some SDI receivers to continue my Interference With Video Via FPGA.
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I have designed some SDI receivers to continue my Interference With Video Via FPGA.
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
Turns out anything involving SDI is annoyingly Expensive, but anyway...
Another massive "cloud" (someone else's PC) outage. Ceefax still unaffected. Why aren't YOU self-hosting things yet?
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another massive "cloud" (someone else's PC) outage. Ceefax still unaffected. Why aren't YOU self-hosting things yet?
Apparently JLCPCB send you the X-Rays of PCBs assembled with BGA chips. Rather cool. You can see the innards of the chip if you look closely. Please ignore how much my PCB designery sucks.
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Apparently JLCPCB send you the X-Rays of PCBs assembled with BGA chips. Rather cool. You can see the innards of the chip if you look closely. Please ignore how much my PCB designery sucks.
"other clocks are, of course, available" 😃
Hey stop trying to poach viewers from my clock! 😂
October 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"other clocks are, of course, available" 😃
If you're still up, why not watch the sheer wonder of the Ceefax clock ticking over to 2am twice in one night?
www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
Pages from Ceefax
YouTube video by Nathan Dane
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you're still up, why not watch the sheer wonder of the Ceefax clock ticking over to 2am twice in one night?
www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
Reposted by Nathan Dane
A few weeks ago @nmsni.co.uk asked "when can we have clocks on the viewer? 🤣" and it's been nagging away at me since...
Lots of annoying timezone issues and customisation feature creep later... zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie...
Heavily inspired by the SVG recreations on @aswiseman.bsky.social's site!
Lots of annoying timezone issues and customisation feature creep later... zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie...
Heavily inspired by the SVG recreations on @aswiseman.bsky.social's site!
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A few weeks ago @nmsni.co.uk asked "when can we have clocks on the viewer? 🤣" and it's been nagging away at me since...
Lots of annoying timezone issues and customisation feature creep later... zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie...
Heavily inspired by the SVG recreations on @aswiseman.bsky.social's site!
Lots of annoying timezone issues and customisation feature creep later... zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie...
Heavily inspired by the SVG recreations on @aswiseman.bsky.social's site!
I've wanted to learn about FPGAs for quite a while - here is a selection of silly experiments done to live* video in an FPGA.
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've wanted to learn about FPGAs for quite a while - here is a selection of silly experiments done to live* video in an FPGA.
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
Coming up with lots of daft ideas to build with it and gradually getting a vague idea of how this stuff works.
*delayed by 4ish video lines
In all seriousness, this sort of thing is why I self-host - I hate having to rely on someone else for a service I can do myself - and this way I only rely on my ISP, electric crowd, and my old server... 😅
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In all seriousness, this sort of thing is why I self-host - I hate having to rely on someone else for a service I can do myself - and this way I only rely on my ISP, electric crowd, and my old server... 😅
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Trying and failing again to think of a use for all the teletext databroadcast code I wrote for vbit2.
As @nmsni.co.uk aptly put it earlier "Still trying to find a problem for our solution" 😆
As @nmsni.co.uk aptly put it earlier "Still trying to find a problem for our solution" 😆
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trying and failing again to think of a use for all the teletext databroadcast code I wrote for vbit2.
As @nmsni.co.uk aptly put it earlier "Still trying to find a problem for our solution" 😆
As @nmsni.co.uk aptly put it earlier "Still trying to find a problem for our solution" 😆
Have got a terrific ornament for beside my desk. This is the mimic panel for part of the old BBC Radio distribution system, NICAM-3.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Have got a terrific ornament for beside my desk. This is the mimic panel for part of the old BBC Radio distribution system, NICAM-3.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
Yup, NICAM, the same thing later used to send digital stereo audio alongside analogue TV.
I've just wired it to light up permanently & look cool.
Next time you hear an audiophile talk about their gold plated cables & 192kHz DACs, remember this is the sort of thing actual radio studios run on:
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Next time you hear an audiophile talk about their gold plated cables & 192kHz DACs, remember this is the sort of thing actual radio studios run on:
"next day delivery" my ass
October 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"next day delivery" my ass
Several matches in progress tonight on nmsceefax.co.uk P331
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Several matches in progress tonight on nmsceefax.co.uk P331