Minitel was a text only early internet that popped up in France in the 80s. You connected to it through a small terminal connected to the phone line, and had access to various commercial services such as phone book, train booking etc…
Most of those services have been shut down a decade or two ago but some hobbyists are operating new services on the network.
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Old PC and bbs system from the 80’s
Minitel was a text only early internet that popped up in France in the 80s. You connected to it through a small terminal connected to the phone line, and had access to various commercial services such as phone book, train booking etc…
Most of those services have been shut down a decade or two ago but some hobbyists are operating new services on the network.
Minitel was ahead of its time in so many ways.