At 07:43 21/03/98 +1100, you wrote: Yes, they are two different services. Here in Italy the Videotext service is called "VIDEOTEL" and works using the Teletel/Prestel standard with speed 75/1200 baud. The Teletext service broadcasted from RAI is called "TELEVIDEO":the signal is inserted in the TV frames and can be seen with a decoder. The informations are divided in pages (capacity abt. 990 per TV channel) regarding many topics: from weather forecasts to news, tv programs schedule, and other info that can be recalled with the remote control. Some broadcasters uses it as an economic "one way" data transmission (Telesoftware). With a special pc-board connected directly with the TV antenna, is possible to download files transmitted as multiple pages (E.G. the price updates for the the pharmacies). Ciao ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Riccardo Romagnoli,collector of:CLASSIC COMPUTERS,TELETYPE UNITS,PHONE ? ? AND PHONECARDS I-47100 Forli'/Emilia-Romagna/Food Valley/ITALY ? ? Pager:DTMF PHONES=+39/16888(hear msg.and BEEP then 5130274*YOUR TEL.No.* ? ? where*=asterisk key | help visit http://www.tim.it/tldrin_eg/tlde03.html ? ? e-mail=chemif(a)mbox.queen.it ? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????