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Offline Simon

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Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« on: October 23, 2012, 12:52 »
Ceefax, the BBC's teletext service, is given a lifetime achievement award by the Plain English Campaign to mark its last day on air after 38 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20032882
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 14:16 »
A sad day...
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 14:24 »
It is.  I used to use Ceefax a lot.  In fact, I best remember it for reading Freddie Mercury's statement, the night before his death. 
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2012, 14:41 »
I used to use it all the time on my BBC Master.   :D
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2012, 16:26 »
It was useful but has been surpassed for quite some time now.
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2012, 18:41 »
I know the feeling.  ;D
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 21:34 »
 :pmsl:  It's only just begun.   ;D
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Re: Ceefax ready for final switch-off
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2012, 21:40 »
 :laugh:
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