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Nathan Dane
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Broadcast engineer Creator of https://nmsceefax.co.uk ENQUIRIES EMAIL [email protected] https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 6d
Both forms of Ceefax are up at the moment. Let's see how long that lasts.

www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 22h
Oh and someone has clearly written some kind of custom display for the interactive viewer, yes, we can indeed see you cycling through pages 24/7 with rigid precision - so bravo whoever you are ;)
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 22h
People sometimes ask about Ceefax stats:

- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day

- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer

- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 4d
C4's Presfax has been unearthed!
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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 4d
Feeling at a loose end now that #ChunkyFringe is done and all the TVs are packed way until the next event, so I went picking at an old scab, and figured out how to process a hidden internal channel 4 teletext service called IDENT from a file that's been lurking on my hard drive since 2021 👀
Page 100 of a service called IDENT. It lists page numbers for things like a countdown, daily schedules, and transmission logs The IDENT countdown page. Showing what I think are timings for trailers.
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 5d
See also "re-explain what I just said but in different words and a condescending tone as though I was wrong initially"
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Andrew Wiseman @aswiseman.bsky.social · 6d
WEBSITE UPDATE: On this day in 1997, the balloon idents launched, on which the BBC showed off its new corporate logo. To celebrate, here's the balloon-era clock from Northern Ireland re-created. Thanks to @nmsni.co.uk for the background image. 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg...
BBC1 Northern Ireland Balloon Clock
The BBC1 Northern Ireland clock, based on the network clock introduced in October 1997, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 6d
I admire your confidence, cause I'm not lol
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 6d
Both forms of Ceefax are up at the moment. Let's see how long that lasts.

www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 8d
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 16d
🟥 REWIND | On #NationalTeletextDay, a reminder of the great resource of recovered teletext pages at:

www.teletextarchive.com

@ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social, @zxguesser.bsky.social and a team of volunteers are ensuring the rich history of otherwise lost teletext content lives on.
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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 17d
🟥 REWIND | On This Day in 1974 | Ceefax, the world's first teletext service was officially launched.

"In-vision" Ceefax pages were shown on BBC TV from 1980 until 2012.

This service lives on courtesy of Nathan Dane at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OU...

#NationalTeletextDay
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 17d
I read a paper once which claimed that something like only 1 in 10 people in a study could tell it apart from a placebo - and suddenly it makes sense why I have yet to experience it doing anything for me...
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 19d
I don't have access to any COWs unfortunately, don't know what happened to NI's
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 20d
And even a Gossip column:

nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 20d
We also have the league tables:
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 20d
Apparently apps doing Football scores Ceefax-style are very popular at the moment. No worries, they've been on NMS Ceefax for nearly 10 years now, and are staying there.

nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 20d
The ROMs have November 1990 codes, so that's a good bet.

A full 10 years older than me, for those counting at home.
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 21d
In 15 minutes I'll be on BBC Radio Wales to discuss the wonders of teletext:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio Wales - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio Wales on BBC Sounds
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 22d
HQ capture (3/3)
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 22d
...a wonderful piece of BBC history lives again. This unit was last used on-air in 2012 for DSO! (2/3)
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 22d
Pleased to say that despite a truly horrific leaky battery and stinky exploding RIFA caps... (1/3)
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 23d
Takes a Nat to fix a Gnat
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Mark Simpson @marksimpson.bsky.social · 23d
New watch face. Thanks to @nmsni.co.uk for extracting the background from the GNAT original hardware. 😎
The BBC One Northern Ireland 1997 clock running on an Amazfit BIP5.
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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 25d
Who's been messing with the v-hold?
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