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Teletext offers one-directional data transmission, broadcast via television signal.
Most commonly, teletext Teletext decoders are built-in in (newer) television sets. Aside from that, there have been also teletext Teletext interfaces for computers.
== Teletext for CPC ==
* [[Teletext adaptor]] by Teletext Adaptor ([[Microtext Ltd.]])* [[Volex TTX 2000a]]Teletext-Telesoftware Adaptor (Volex Electronics) == Telesoftware == Telesoftware was as service that allowed to download computer software, encoded in Teletext pages. Although no longer supported, Telesoftware recordings '''may be still found on VHS Video Cassettes'''. * '''CEEFAX''' - The British BBC CEEFAX supported Telesoftware from 1983 to 1989 (mainly for BBC computers). * '''ORACLE''' - The British Channel 4 ORACLE also supported Telesoftware (for different systems, including Amstrad. According to a [[_File:Volex Teletext Advert (Your Computer, March 1987).jpg|Volex Advert]], ORACLE also worked on broadcasting [[CP/M]] software). == Pictures == Here are few Teletext screenshots (not CPC screenshots, on CPC the font may have looked different, matching the standard 200 lines resolution). <gallery>File:CEEFAX News.gif|CEEFAX NewsFile:CEEFAX Weather.gif|CEEFAX WeatherFile:CEEFAX Telesoftware.gif|CEEFAX Telesoftware (fragment of a listing)File:ORACLE Farewell.gif|ORACLE Farewell</gallery>
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