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Tag Archives: videotex

2019-03-18

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Snapsots from Minitel Rose, the xexy part of the French proto-internet system Minitel. Courtesy of @ViewdataUK and @_1010101.

2018-07-06

1980s, austria, videotex.

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Mupid was an Austrian videotex terminal that was also a programmable computer. It supported text graphics with custom fonts, pixel and vector graphics with 4096 colours, and telesoftware. More info here, here and here. h/t: Tim Koch

2018-01-31

1980s, character set, font, resolution, videotex.

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Videotex character sets 1983, 1987, 1993. Seems like these would have required hi-res or vector fonts?

2016-11-04

1980s, 1985, 2010s, animation, antiope, brazil, minitel, videotex.

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Reabracadabra, an animated Minitel piece by Eduardo Kac from 1985. It was recently restored and Rhizome is now showing it online in Net Art Anthologies. Accompanied by a text by Goto80.

2016-10-09

1980s, south africa, videotex.

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Beltel was South Africa’s videotex system. It was launched in 1986 and seems to have been quite active even in 1999.

2016-10-06

1980s, 1982, canada, telidon, videotex.

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An interactive videotex art work, part of A Hummer’s campaign to run for mayor of Toronto, 1982. A Hummer ended up at 2nd place with 10% of the votes. More here.

2016-04-24

1980s, 1986, netherlands, videotex.

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