Packet Switch Stream
Videos
Packet Switch Stream was a public data network in the United Kingdom, provided by British Telecommunications. It operated from the late 1970s through to the mid-2000s.
BT KiloStream equipment in a telephone exchange in 2004
Prestel
Videos
Prestel was the brand name of a videotex service launched in the UK in 1979 by Post Office Telecommunications, a division of the British Post Office. It had around 95,500 attached terminals at its pea
Packet Switch Stream
…network and PSS was introduced based on a low speed PAD interface. In addition, BT used Telematics packet switches for the Vascom network to support the Prestel service. The network management systems were based in London and Manchester. Packet switches were installed at major trunk exchanges in most major…
Cherry Editing Keyboard manufactured by Cherry GmbH, connected to a Deccafax Viewdata Terminal Model VP1 manufactured (1979–1994) by Decca Radio & Television. Keyboard 11 x 50 x 31 cm, terminal 42 x 45 x 45 cm, 28 kg
Simpatico entry page (1985).