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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:
 P R E S T E L           ENTERPRISE   0p
                                        
 Recipient's account no.  019992130 #   
 To: THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME             
 Date: FRI 15 JAN 1982 13:02            
                                        
 MESSAGE:   AT  BUFFALO  CREEK. STAGE   
                                        
            ATTACKED  BY  INDIANS. WILL 
                                        
            GET  THERE  WHEN  I  CAN.   
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                      # 
                                        
                                        
 FROM  019991902                        
                                        
       MAC                              
                                        
STORED . KEY 1 TO CONTINUE, 2 TO EXIT   
                                        
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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.


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