Teletext Recovery Viewer

Part of the Computer Legacy Teletext Recovery Project

This is a static representation of a Teletext stream that meets the following parameters:

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P198 ORACLE 198 Sat22 Dec ITV 1836:10  1/6      ORACLE is the teletext   service you receive whenWjss■  you press the 'TEXT'  button on ITV and Wj■■■  Channel 4.  W ORACLE is like a  newspaper - we offer Wj■■■  everything from news to  chess, from kids jokes Wj■■■   to horoscopes. Unlike a   newspaper, ORACLE is Wj■■■  never out of date...  W WW 3    more follows > Press Red for an explanation of Fastext
P198 ORACLE 198 Sat22 Dec ITV 1837:36 2/6 FAST, FIRST, FREE! Unlike a newspaper ORACLE pages can be  updated by our 1 2   journalists every few Wbo=0  seconds - a newspaper 4 5W"m‖■t with thousands of  editions every day! 7 8 9 ORACLE is created by a 0 team of over 100  journalists, enginejrs   and keyboard operators.    ORACLE pays its way with  the money it makes from  advertising - there is     no charge to readers.  ■■■■ more follows > Press Red for an explanation of Fastext
P198 ORACLE 198 Sat42 Dec ITV 1835:53  3/6   ORACLE consists of hundreds of 'pages' offering you hundreds of subjects. To find what you want use either the front page on 100 or the  complete index on page 199 (ITV)  or 699 (C4).    DID YOU KNOW?    ORACLE offers you a   minute by minute  WORLD CLOCK...on  page 329 (ITV)   1 2 3      3   4 5 6   Main Index 400 Competitions 691 Press Red for an explanation of Fastext
P198 ORACLE 198 Sat22 Dec ITV 1837:14  4/6  ↑ Many ORACLE pages are 'multipages'. This means that, once you have dialled into the page you will automatically recjive a sequence of related pages, for example Newsround on page 119. At the top right of all multipages there is an indicator showing you how many pages are in the sequencj and which page in that sequence you  are reading. On this  page the indicator is   above the flashing  arrow.   Use the 'HOLD' key  1 2 3  to 'stop' a multipage    3   4 5 6     more follows > Press Red for an explanation of Fastext
P198 ORACLE 198 Sat22 Dec ITV 1839:43  5/6   My set is broken! Occasionally you may find that some or all of the lines on a page are jumbled like this: Occasionally ½‖‖ $ fi¼d that@so↑& This is not caused by ORACLE's atrocious spelling or typing - it is most commonly caused by slight mis-tuning of the set.   If adjusting the tuning doesn't help the fault could be caused by a mis-directed aerial or your local transmitter temporarily operating on reduced power.     3   more follows > Press Red for an explanation of Fastext
P198 ORACLE 198 Sat22 Dec ITV 1830:45 6/6 HOW TO USE ORACLE: Pressing the TEXT button on ITV or Channel 4 takes you into ORACLE. All pages have a three figure number. Pages 100 to 399 are on ITV, while pages 400 to 699 ari on C4. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW          W ITV W C4 W  W 100 to W 400 to  399 W 699  W W   3   4   more follows > Press Red for an explanation of Fastext