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[Football] Anyone miss the teleprinter?
- Thread starter kevo
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swindonseagull
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I remember that day very well, March 3rd 1984...................................Its the day we got married...!!
Jam The Man
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Mind is playing tricks with me. Always thought it was called the Vidiprinter!
swindonseagull
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Not that I can remember...we had the reception in a pub in Shoreham.....cant even remember the name of the pub!!! Twas a long time ago.
LamieRobertson
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What you and Kevo?
Exactly what I thought!
Ooh it’s a corner
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I think it’s an age thing - it was definitely a teleprinter when I started watching Grandstand in the 60s. I suspect it became a vidiprinter when computers began to rule the world in the 80s or similar. It was great fun though and frustrating when it sometimes hovered waiting for the next score if you were still waiting for your result!
jakarta
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Remind us how the Forfar-Fife game played out? 
Ooh it’s a corner
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Remind us how the Forfar-Fife game played out?
Was it East Fife 4 Forfar 5 or the other way around? Classic anyway!
KZNSeagull
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This was the teleprinter (apologies for the scoreline):
The Brighton Bear
Come on Kylie, get a grip
It was a big machine that used the Telex technology.
On screen the top three-quarters was the camera looking at the teleprinter from the print head upwards, and the bottom was a bit of cardboard with a window which had the number of score draws on it.
On screen the top three-quarters was the camera looking at the teleprinter from the print head upwards, and the bottom was a bit of cardboard with a window which had the number of score draws on it.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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it is Vidiprinter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidiprinter
the history tells us there was originally a camera on a printer, the teleprinter, replaced in the 80s with on-screen printout the vidiprinter.
the history tells us there was originally a camera on a printer, the teleprinter, replaced in the 80s with on-screen printout the vidiprinter.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Damn! Beat me to it
Bit disappointing for the poster that Kevo had forgotten
For those slightly younger, this is nostalgia...
Always went to a load of flashing x's & @'s when it flipped to the page our result was on!!