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An effort to bring Minitel-based computing to the masses happened in Omaha, Nebraska in the early 1990's. The service was named CommunityLink. It was a joint v
by jim_lawless 9y ago
An effort to bring Minitel-based computing to the masses happened in Omaha, Nebraska in the early 1990's. The service was named CommunityLink. It was a joint venture between U.S. West ( then, a Regional Bell Operating Company ) and France Telecom.
You can see the overview beginning at minute 16:00 in this episode of the old TV show The Computer Chronicles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwNc1zQ0Fpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwNc1zQ0Fpg
The above episode begins with the Minitel story from France.
CommunityLink didn't really seem to catch on, locally. We did have a thriving BBS community at this time and most techies that I knew had CompuServe accounts.