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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Minitel in US (Was Re: LA World of Commodore Show)
Keywords: naplps, minitel, alex
Message-ID: <703@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 89 06:20:45 GMT
References: <17361@usc.edu> <18770@cup.portal.com> <347@xdos.UUCP> <19011@cup.portal.com> <686@flatline.UUCP> <867@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>
Reply-To: erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend)
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In article <867@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> boucher@jolnet.UUCP (Marc Boucher) writes:
>
>In article <686@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>[about Minitel coming to the USA via USV and SWBT.]

>	Are you sure that they are using Minitel technology? It's more likely
>that their Videotex system is NAPLPS based.


They're handing out Minitel terminals and people are using the Minitel
software from the UK.  The terminals are slow and stupid, the graphics
are not (in any way) optimized, and the menus are not "hot".

It has to be Minitel, it's impossible to reinvent something this
lame. :-)
-- 
Grep sed "awk! man cut grep, edit banner false!  get help!"  Man disable
grep, split banner, join prof admin.  Grep mount eqn, find path.  Grep
echo spell.  False cat kill admin, man.  Grep find banner, make true message.

J. Eric Townsend-flatline!erict   EastEnders Maillist: eastender@flatline.UUCP