Videos

Some interesting videos from the BT Film Archive -
An Introduction to Prestel - How it will be the answer to everything!
Prestel Innovations - Some of the planned extensions to the standard - Prextend, Picture Prestel, and Gateway. Only the last of these got implemented in the live service.

Me, logging into Prestel, checking my emails, and browsing the chatlines.
(Data recorded on a BBC Micro, 1988, and reconstituted 2015!)
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Prestel advert 2/4 from 1980:

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BBC The Computer Programme 1982 #08
Chris Searle demonstrating email via Prestel, 1982

Making the Most of the Micro - Prestel - 1983
Mac demonstrating more services, and booking seats at the Barbican..

And for those of you wanting a closer look at some of the pages featured in these last two videos:

 MICRONET 800 (C)        800a         0p
                                        
          * **  **    **  **    **  *   
   ****** * **** ******** ******** *****
   * ** * * *    *   ** * * ******  *   
   * ** * * *    *   ** * * ****    *   
   * ** * * **** *   **** * ******  ****
            ** **   *   *    *** **  ** 
   HUNDREDS  ** **  ****  ** ***********
   OF PROGRAMS ** ** *** **  ***********
   THOUSANDS ** ** **  ** ** * *********
   OF PAGES **    ** *** **  ***********
                 * *****                
                                        
     First-time users can browse on     
      our Micronet tour -  GOTO 0       
   BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LIFE - GOTO 1 
                                        
     To Prestel Main Menu - GOTO 9      
 ***************************************
      JOIN MICRONET NOW -  GOTO 8       
                                        
 ***************************************

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Thanks to Ant for finding the videos and recreating the pages for you.

NBC "Telefuture" from 1980 - An American program about the future of information on your TV set, but with a small section about the British Teletext and viewdata services. See if you can spot the Noughts-and-crosses; the Prestel main indexes are easier noticed.

Celebrating the Viewdata Revolution.

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