The Minitel, officially known as Télétel, was an interactive 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:Minitel terminal.jpg|Minitel 1B]] Multiple services existed in the CPC era, like 3615 AMCHARGE and 3615 MICROCHARGE, to download games for the Amstrad CPC via Minitel. [[File:Minitel Amcharge.jpg|3615 AMCHARGE]] <br>
== Nowadays ==
The Minitel can still be used today to access your Amstrad news.
[[File:Minitel MiniPAVI.jpg|500px400px]][[File:Minitel Amstrad News.jpg|500px400px]][[File:Minitel DarkArcade Server.jpg|500px400px]] <br>
== Links ==
*[https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-actu/video/i00002041/election-presidentielle-1981-annonce-resultat-mitterrand-elu 1981 French presidential election results] Minitel was used to display results
*[https://xn--multipli-i1a.fr/minimit/ Minimit] To connect your Minitel to servers as the PSTN has been retired
*[https://www.minipavi.fr/emulminitel/index.php?gw=wss%3A%2F%2Fgo.minipavi.fr%3A8181%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.darkarcade.fr%252Findex3.php DarkArcade Minitel (FR)] Télétel-like videotex Videotex Amstrad news service <br>
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