3) Some truth here too. Most consumer were only interested in
> watching TV. Those who wanted information found bulletin board
> services much more powerful. The personal computer provide better
> displays than the TV for text and graphics. By the time the Internet
> came along, the capacity of Teletext could not compete.
And yet Teletext went ok in France, which had the comprehensive Minitel system.
Yep - though there was originally a non-World Systems Text service in use in France called "Antiope" (Or "TeleAntiope"?) was there not? ISTR that it was phased out and replaced by VBI WST text relatively recently?
(Was this something to do with the move from Vertical SECAM colour sync using "bottles" to the horizontal chroma sync more commonly used today?)
Steve
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