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Grapevine was the name for YSTV's service of still advertisments and promotions between programmes.   
Grapevine was the name for YSTV's service of still advertisments and promotions between programmes.   


This was first used some time in the 1980s using primitive Teletext-style technology, and old VHS archive tapes from the era which were recorded directly from the network output before a programme started are thought to be the only evidence of this system.
This was first used in the mid-1980s using primitive Teletext-style technology driven from a BBC Micro computer, and old VHS archive tapes from the era which were recorded directly from the network output before a programme started are thought to be the only evidence of this system. It replaced an even earlier textual information system, called Quaxfax (Ceefax with a campus duck flavour!), that was produced from a Dragon (?) computer.


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