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Celebrity Chatline


Micronet Celebrity Chatline was a mechanism for members to send in questions to a visiting celebrity, and answers were posted up to the system in real time.  This allowed for a limited amount of interaction with follow up questions.   Over the years, many famous names appeared, from Paul Daniels to Max Headroom, and everybody in-between.

This particular session, from 18th May 1989, featured the Micronet staff themselves, and was performed on the eve of their move of offices from Herbal Hill in the Farringdon area of London, where the editorial department had been since the launch of Micronet, out to the BT building in Apsley in the middle of nowhere.  

I have many fond memories of Herbal Hill myself - we shared the building with Motor Cycle News, and remember opening the lift doors on the wrong floor once, and being greeted by a sort of cave, with walls lined with beer cans..

Anyway, over to Ian: (No routing on these - you will have to click the NEXT link below the image)
 MICRONET (c)            800880038a   0p
 CHANNEL-X COMMS               603505971
 I notice you didn't answer Mr Sharps   
message regarding ''ho invened pretzel' 
well the bloke who done it was Sam      
Fedidia (do I get a shirt yet?) this is 
my 5th attempt so far..                 
                           Sent 19:28:14
                                        
                                        
 Well done! You  (undeservedly perhaps) 
 get a Shirst, a 'Net Shirst, and a     
 signed copy of the 1988 London Central 
 Yellow Pages!                          
                                        
 A UNIQUE prize, and one to treasure    
 for at least a week!                   
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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