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Article #625640Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: Bob Eager
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:59
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:59
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:17:56 +0000, Ian wrote: > On 2018-08-17, Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: >> In this >><http://www.bbc.com/future/gallery/20180816-do-you-recognise-these- obsolete-technologies> >> BBC article children in the UK between six and 18 years were asked if >> they'd recognize ancient technologies like floppy disks or rotary >> phones. Suppose results in the rest of the world would had been >> similar. > > Seems like the author wasn't around at the time either... > > "Teletext was the equivalent service on channels such as ITV and Channel > 4" > > Teletext was the technology, Ceefax was the BBC version and Oracle was > the commercial one... I've had a moan. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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