Videotex
Videos
Videotex was one of the earliest implementations of an end-user information system. From the late 1970s to early 2010s, it was used to deliver information to a user in computer-like format, typically
Videotex example screen showing its graphics capabilities, 1978. As in teletext, predefined, fixed-width graphics characters in multiple colors could be used to create an image.
Minitel was perhaps the most successful videotex service worldwide, using this terminal, c. 1982.
Loewe Multicom E, a late 1980s videotex terminal
TRS-80 Videotex terminal
Minitel
Videos
Minitel, officially known as TELETEL, was an interactive videotex online service accessible through telephone lines. It was the world's first and most successful mass-market online service prior to th
Videotex
…board systems, online service providers, and even the arrival/departure displays at an airport. This usage is no longer common. With the exception of Minitel in France, videotex elsewhere never managed to attract any more than a very small percentage of the universal mass market once envisaged. By the end…
A 1985 TELIC-1 Alcatel Minitel terminal with a non-AZERTY keyboard
The Saint Malo "Annuaire Electronique" in July 1980
Télétel on a Thomson videotex terminal