Prestel

  • A precursor to the internet from the 1980s.
  • Launched 1979
  • Invented by the [[ Post Office ]]
  • By the end of the 1980 it attracted just 6,000 users 1
    • 1985 60,000 users

# References

  1. The British Internet That Never Was ↩

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Prestel
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