The [[File:Minitel, officially known as Télétel, was an interactive videotex online service accessible through telephone linesterminal.jpg|thumb|right|Minitel 1B]][[File:Minitel Amcharge.jpg|thumb|right|3615 AMCHARGE]]
The Télétel (usually called Minitel, named after the terminal) was a videotex online service accessible through telephone lines. Videotex is a modified interactive version of the Teletext protocol that existed in TV broadcast.
Launched commercially in 1982, it was the world's first and most successful mass-market online service prior to the World Wide Web.
[[File:Only the Minitel terminalservice, which used on-demand access through the telephone network, was commercially successful for a long time. Subscription-based services like Prestel (UK), Bildschirmtext (Germany), Videotel (Italy), Télidon (Canada), and Captain (Japan) failed commercially and were stopped soon after testing.jpg|Minitel 1B]]
Multiple services existed in In the CPC era, like 3615 AMCHARGE and 3615 MICROCHARGEUnited States, there was a stalled attempt by USWest to download games for the Amstrad CPC via Minitelbring this service to two test markets: Minneapolis and Omaha. [https://fullempty.sh/posts/exeltel2.html Source]
<br> == Amstrad CPC services == In the CPC era, multiple services existed to download games for the Amstrad CPC via Minitel, like 3615 AMSTRAD, 3615 AMCHARGE and 3615 MICROCHARGE. [[File:Minitel AmchargeCPC kits.jpg|3615 AMCHARGE800px]]
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== Links ==
*[https://wwwminitel.inadarkarcade.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/i00002041/election-presidentielle-1981-annonce-resultat-mitterrand-elu 1981 French presidential election resultsindex3.php DarkArcade Minitel (FR)] Minitel was used to display resultsVideotex Amstrad news service
*[https://xn--multipli-i1a.fr/minimit/ Minimit] To connect your Minitel to servers as the PSTN has been retired
*[https://wwwyoutu.minipavibe/BpDrWriI7lo Je teste le Minimit] [https://youtu.frbe/emulminitelF2mgDSBWOxI Le Minitel en 2023, petit tour sur des Micro-serveurs] [https:/index/youtu.php?gw=wss%3A%2F%2Fgo.minipavi.fr%3A8181%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.darkarcade.fr%252Findex3.php DarkArcade be/WVX69zegK2c Le Minitel (FR)en 2025] by [[Kaspius Le Vrai]] Videotex Amstrad news service
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