Comments by "Rob Fraser" (@krashd) on "1975: CEEFAX - A Communications REVOLUTION? | This Is Ceefax | Retro Tech | BBC Archive" video.

  1. That mansion would have had a loading dock for pipe tobacco shipments, British boffins of yesteryear went through tonnes of the stuff weekly while innovating. Lead engineers would often have assistants who were employed to hold their pipe any time they needed to speak and gesticulate with both hands.
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  2. Who's to say those aren't regular sized Hula Hoops and everything else in the room is just 75% smaller? Never assume, Alex.
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  3. Every country was like that until videos (VCRs for Americans) hit the shops as there was no point in broadcasting for people who are asleep. Have you never watched the movie Poltergeist? At 2am the TV plays the US national anthem and then turns into white static as the signal ends for the night, then it eats that wee lassie.
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  4. The internet is more than 60.
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