tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post113643889063826265..comments2023-09-18T08:59:53.722-07:00Comments on Video Thing: Microtel - the teletext station for the voluptuous blinking eyeWileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1136833796054328492006-01-09T11:09:00.000-08:002006-01-09T11:09:00.000-08:00This may be obvious to some, but VBI also stands f...This may be obvious to some, but VBI also stands for Vertical Blanking Interrupt -- the space in which the electron beam goes from the bottom to the top to do the next scan. Smart people figured out that you could use that period of time to send a little burst of data -- just the thing for teletext, for embedding program data, the time, etc. WebTV Plus used to make use of it.<BR/><BR/>--halHal Meekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059462843697565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1136650818022852142006-01-07T08:20:00.000-08:002006-01-07T08:20:00.000-08:00Looks like there are only windows teletext generat...Looks like there are only windows teletext generators. <BR/>Wonder if it would be hard to write one?Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308414308673084381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12129986.post-1136647463280952002006-01-07T07:24:00.000-08:002006-01-07T07:24:00.000-08:00Sounds like a great project! I'll definitely submi...Sounds like a great project! I'll definitely submit something if i can manage to somehow make teletext content on a mac!<BR/><BR/>I always used to love the totally unexpected surrealism of <A HREF="http://www.moleman.freeserve.co.uk/" REL="nofollow">Digitiser</A>; ostensably video game reviews, but mostly obscure and weird humour... expecially 'the man diaries'cemenTIMentalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579820272719763038noreply@blogger.com