Tag Archives: videotex

A French Success Story…the Minitel Saga by Marie Marchand (Larousse, 1988), via jmailland.

Viewtron videotex system. Picture by DCvision2006 who dates the photo to 1980, but Viewtron was launched in 1983 according to Wikipedia.

Bildschirmtext was an interactive videotex system launched in West Germany in 1983 by the Deutsche Bundespost, the (West) German postal service. More info here.

Akela, la jungle du minitel et de l’internet.

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NTT Captain videotex service (1983-2002)

The MUPID was an early home computer like system (1981-1983) designed and invented by Hermann Maurer for the University of Graz to be used as a Bildschirmtext terminal, but it was also capable of being used as a stand alone computer.

Times Mirror Videotex System

Radio Shack TRS-80 Videotex Terminal (Today magazine, Sept/Oct 1982)

Minitel/Tumblr Time Tunnel by NYC Resistor (2013)

Minitel cover magazine (1980) via jmailland