Create your own teletext service

Feeling retro? Turn any Raspberry Pi into a teletext broadcast service, make your own pages, and even generate content from the web

PJ Evans

The web? A bit overrated if you ask us. What was wrong with the beautiful teletext pages that came into our homes in the 1980s? The latest news, pop gossip, holiday bargains, and of course Digitiser. Did you think teletext was gone forever? Well, not only have a small group of dedicated archivists been saving and transcribing old teletext signals, but they have produced Raspberry Pi software that can generate the signals required to deliver those pages to your TV. Teletext is back! Here, we’ll show you how to get a teletext service running and even create your own pages. 01 Get your kit together We’re basing this project on our Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W build from issue 113 (magpi.cc/113) to which we added composite video output last month.…

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The MagPi (Digital) - 1 Issue, #114

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