Clearly some geeks are working at the Dutch public broadcasting foundation, I just thought this was really neat and wanted to share it. Google translated article text: For some background,...
Teletext may look old-fashioned, it is still very popular. And where should you view such an old -fashioned interface than in your terminal? Teletext is now accessible via SSH.
The makers of the digital media department of the Dutch public broadcaster NOS have made teletext accessible through SSH. With the command ssh teletekst.nl it is possible to watch the news, TV guide or sports results in a terminal such as Powershell or the Linux terminal via Teletext.
The tool is of course interactive. Users end up on the 100 home page as standard, but they can enter figures to request specific news pages. In addition, it is possible to navigate the news with the arrow keys. That is also possible with the H, J, K and L tests. Incidentally, the image does not include with the rest of the terminal, but you might not have to expect much from such a simple tool either.
For some background, teletext is still fairly popular in the Netherlands and was even rebuild a few years ago. Excerp from wikipedia
In 2023, the Dutch public broadcasting organization NOS replaced the original underlying system for teletext that had been in use since the 1980s with a new system.[28] The reason behind the replacement was that the original Cyclone system became harder to maintain over the years and the NOS even had to consult sometimes retired British teletext experts to deal with issues.[29] For example, a recent issue was that a Windows update was incompatible with the old Cyclone system.[30][28] Since NOS Teletekst is still popular in the Netherlands (with 3.5 million people using it weekly on televisions and 1 million people using it weekly as app on other devices), NOS decided to build a new modern underlying system to replace Cyclone
I just did a quick test, and it works as expected and is quite quick. I am not one of the 3 million people that still use it (don't own a TV) but still find enjoy that they make this available.
It's quaint and I remember it from days past when it was still marginally useful (though much slower than nowadays), but people underestimate the value of accessibility with Teletext. It provides...
It's quaint and I remember it from days past when it was still marginally useful (though much slower than nowadays), but people underestimate the value of accessibility with Teletext. It provides a service to the tech illiterate, old, deaf/hard hearing, and other marginalized groups that otherwise may have difficulties getting news updates quickly.
It's also a point of pride at this stage to keep it running as long as possible.
This is so awesome in a few ways! The nostalgia of old tech like teletext still being available...just because it is possible to do! The coolness factor of enabling this legacy tech through very...
This is so awesome in a few ways!
The nostalgia of old tech like teletext still being available...just because it is possible to do!
The coolness factor of enabling this legacy tech through very "hacker" mechanism!
I get to practice my Dutch...and they say one way to learn a language is to read the news :-)
News via terminal (via terminal rss reader, this Dutch teletext via ssh, etc.) can be quite efficient (read: time saver)!
Clearly some geeks are working at the Dutch public broadcasting foundation, I just thought this was really neat and wanted to share it.
Google translated article text:
For some background, teletext is still fairly popular in the Netherlands and was even rebuild a few years ago. Excerp from wikipedia
I just did a quick test, and it works as expected and is quite quick. I am not one of the 3 million people that still use it (don't own a TV) but still find enjoy that they make this available.
It's quaint and I remember it from days past when it was still marginally useful (though much slower than nowadays), but people underestimate the value of accessibility with Teletext. It provides a service to the tech illiterate, old, deaf/hard hearing, and other marginalized groups that otherwise may have difficulties getting news updates quickly.
It's also a point of pride at this stage to keep it running as long as possible.
We are so back
This is so awesome in a few ways!