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From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Thu Mar 19 23:57:28 1998

On 20 Mar 98 at 10:23, Jack Peacock wrote:

> Turlough O'Brien wrote:
> "videotext" but there is little to no information available on the net about "Videotext" or in the libraries.I would greatly appreciate it if you could send me some informatin on the subject.
>
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> (This is from memory and unreliable) There was a proposed standard for North America called NAPLPS, for videotext presentation. I believe it was sponsored by Philips. If someone has a complete >
> Videotext never really caught on in the US except on cable TV as a non-interactive display. I believe there are still a few videotext services piggybacking on satellite channels. They transmit >
> To my knowledge the only truly successful videotext implementation was the french minitel telephone directory.
>
> Hope this gives you a place to start.
> Jack Peacock
>
 Again, the mixed bloody format that screws up my mailer or wants me to
spend time invoking my browser with it's slow-loading add-ons and bookmarks !
 I would have ordinarily skipped this or deleted it without reading but I
didn't notice the indicator and blundered into it.
 In any case , the Byte issue on Videotex is July 83 Vol. 8 #7

 grrrr larry
 
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