Minitel
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The Minitel, officially known as Télétel, 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.
Multiple services existed in the CPC era, like 3615 AMCHARGE and 3615 MICROCHARGE, to download games for the Amstrad CPC via Minitel.
Nowadays
The Minitel can still be used today to access your Amstrad news.
Links
- DarkArcade Minitel (FR) Videotex Amstrad news service
- Minimit To connect your Minitel to servers as the PSTN has been retired
- Je teste le Minimit Le Minitel en 2023, petit tour sur des Micro-serveurs Le Minitel en 2025 by Kaspius Le Vrai
