Texting on Teletext - It's 'Zine Related Trust Me
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Right, this is pretty much 'Zine related as it involves 'Ziners.
This is going a few years back (I think around 2000/2001). Does anyone remember a page on channel 4 teletext where you could text in and the message would appear on screen. I remember quite a few 'Ziners used to text into it although I don't think it lasted very long which is a shame as it was funny
Constantly the moderators of the page would put messages up telling people not to call the number and such.
This is going a few years back (I think around 2000/2001). Does anyone remember a page on channel 4 teletext where you could text in and the message would appear on screen. I remember quite a few 'Ziners used to text into it although I don't think it lasted very long which is a shame as it was funny
Constantly the moderators of the page would put messages up telling people not to call the number and such. 
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Yay!!! Someone else remembers it It was strangly addictive and there was about 3 pages of it and the moderators were always complaining at someone.
It was strangly addictive and there was about 3 pages of it and the moderators were always complaining at someone.
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I remember that. I never wrote in but used to read it when I was bored or adverts were on 
I only want you to see
My favourite part of me
And not my ugly side
Not my ugly side
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My favourite part of me
And not my ugly side
Not my ugly side
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I is not evil.
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Quote: Gary
It wasn't really anything to do with 'Zine. I pretty sure it wasn't on the teen section. It was just 'Ziners and those who read without posting in were texting in on it. I remember there was a couple who were having a discussion about Parsley Possum. Think I text in a few times although I was always low on credit
I remember a teletext chat room that pre-dated text messaging. You had to use two digit character codes for text similar to ASCII and type them on a touchtone phone, while paying about 10p a minute.
Also there was a text message thing for commenting on certain TV programs for a while. When you keyed in the page number it dropped to a bar on the screen, like subtitles or that BBC Latest News page, and texts people sent in about the program showed up. Was that a Zine thing? I can't remember.
It wasn't really anything to do with 'Zine. I pretty sure it wasn't on the teen section. It was just 'Ziners and those who read without posting in were texting in on it. I remember there was a couple who were having a discussion about Parsley Possum. Think I text in a few times although I was always low on credit
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Quote: Claire
Ha ha it was painfully addictive.
It had 3 individual pages in its final incarnation if I remember correctly.
On ITV? Oh cool what page number?
MTXC! My sister got text married to some guy on that! And I was on it, I remember talking to Savage Cabbage. It went, then came back, then went again and now there's a similar thing on ITV. Aww man, the memories, I spent so much money on that f*cker!
Ha ha it was painfully addictive.
It had 3 individual pages in its final incarnation if I remember correctly.
On ITV? Oh cool what page number?
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