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> I though I'd mention something about the French Minitel that David > Rothman, and some others, just recently posted about. The Minitel > terminal is not only just that, a terminal, but it's also a videotex > terminal, that is a terminal with 40 columns of characters and block > graphics, very much like text TV. It's terrible! > > Sure, another standard, beside the british Prestel standard for > videotex is common in Europe. That's the CEPT standard, but it doesn't > do much good either. I don't know what happened to the American NAPLPS > standard that showed up during the early eighties, but I don't think > any present system is using that standard. NAPLPS was really > interesting btw, it had real graphics and possibilities to utilize > mouse movement input. That sort of thing. Of course, most of the > implementors of vidoetext system chose another system because NAPLPS > required some intelligence in the terminal. > > Ah, then there's the Japanese CAPTAIN system, but I don't know much > about that... Perhaps someone else could fill in? > > Miekael <[log in to unmask]> > There are a number of CEPT standards (Conference of European Posts and Telecommunications), the lowest of which is as described, the best is similar to the best NAPLPS. French Minitel do supply a terminal, but it is also possible to use an emulator on a PC (and a Mac for the UK Prestel system). There are also a large number of suppliers making ruggedised public terminals. I hold no brief for videotex, but it does fill a need (especially at the low end). Some can include 'video photos'. My interest is the 'Electronic Public Information Provision' seminar held here on 28.9.93 -- ****************************************************************************** * Goff Sargent Tel: + 44 509 223075 * * Dept of Information and Library Studies Fax: + 44 509 223053 * * Loughborough University of Technology * * Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU E-mail [log in to unmask] * * UK * ******************************************************************************