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Article #625673Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:15
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 07:34:48 +0100, AndyW wrote: > > On 21/08/2018 11:56, Andy Leighton wrote: >> >> Teletext was also widely used in travel agents (usually over X.25) to >> access tour operator sites to book holidays. That has disappeared >> completely. > > That looked like teletext but ISTR it was a viewdata service and I > still think that it is used today. > The main UK viewdata service was Prestel provided by the Post > Office. It was not really a hit in private homes but it was in use in > business and libraries. There was also Ceefax and I always get confused how they relate, no matter how many Wikipedia articles I read. ;-) Anyway, the British invented another, now obsolete, technology which was adopted by many countries in the world during the 1970s and especially 1980s. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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