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From: rmohr@infoac.rmi.de (Rupert Mohr)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: TeleTex/VideoTex to ASCII
Keywords: TeleTex VideoTex TV ASCII
Message-ID: <505@infoac.rmi.de>
Date: 1 Jul 89 11:35:14 GMT
References: <963@tukki.jyu.fi>
Organization: RMI Net Aachen * W. Germany
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makela@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes:

>I've been thinking about an interesting project: building a "modem" for
>transferring the TeleTex/VideoTex information sent between the television
>picture frames into a computer.
>I have obtained some spec sheets of chips to do this, of some demodulator
>circuits etc. but I am stuck because the decoder chips are basically mask
>ROM-programmed microprocessors for use inside a television -- therefore
>almost useless for this stuff.
>I would NOT like to start from scratch, so -- ideas, anyone ?

There is a project (working!) here in Germany with the
Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne
They transfer data via videotex. 
You may write to

WDR
Computer Club
Appelhofplatz 1
D-5000 Koeln 
Germany

Regards
Rupert
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