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by CamperBob2 2452 days ago
Because the hardware didn't do much of anything!
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dredmorbius 2452 days ago
Contrast Minitel, a videotext online system provided by the French government phone monopoly Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones in 1980.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel

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