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Many European countries had their own version of this. Germany had Bildschirmtext (aka BTX), which failed mostly because the state controlled which terminal cou
by DocTomoe 4y ago
Many European countries had their own version of this. Germany had Bildschirmtext (aka BTX), which failed mostly because the state controlled which terminal could be used, and it was metered in minutes, which in turn were expensive. The UK had Viewdata and later Prestel.
- jaclaz 4y agoYep, in Italy there was Videotel but it was rather expensive and never became popular (unlike the Minitel in France). The (then public) telephone company did at some point allow connection also from "not-official-terminals" and particularly a suitable modem for the Commodore 64 (with 1200/75 baud v.23) was available and had a certain diffusion: http://retrofficina4004.blogspot.com/2014/12/adattatore-telematico-6499.html http://retrofficina4004.blogspot.com/2014/12/adattatore-tele...
- GekkePrutser 4y agoYeah ours was also called videotel. The phone company sold the terminals in their shops but by then it was already declining even in France. And the premium call rates were too high to make it worthwhile. Also a lot of data was available on Teletext which was kinda the same idea just broadcast.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoActually no, it was "viditel"