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There's something charming about trying to express yourself graphically with access to only 8 colours.
51 0 ReplyMore 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.
9 0 ReplyThis is not pc-related though. Teletext was information pages transmitted on UK terrestrial (analogue) television channels in the long-distant past.
25 0 ReplyI've always loved it. Here in Sweden it's called text-tv.
Edit: Was supposed to say it's but said was
12 0 ReplyIt's still around!
4 0 ReplyI 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.
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Oh cool. I didn't understand that it was a completely different tech. TIL, thanks.
7 0 ReplyThe BBC closed Ceefax in 2012. If that’s the long distant past then my date of birth suggests I’m an antique…
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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.
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Same vibe as ENDOOM, though that has access to more colours. Some custom wads feature amazing ones.
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