Introducing the Telstar Videotex Service (Part 2)

Описание: If you have an Apple II and want to relive the excitement of the communications revolution that started a decade before the internet, then this video is for you.

The TELSTAR videotex system, provides a simple viewdata/videotext platform similar to those that were prevalent during the 1980s such as Prestel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel).

The aim of the system is to provide a Viewdata experience for anyone who is interested in how things 'used to be'. Services in the past typically provided access via the public switched telephone network (PSTN) connection and this is indeed how Telstar works, however, Telstar also makes use of a simple internet connection for modern internet modems.

The service can be accessed using a traditional V23 modem or an internet modem in conjunction with a home computer. In the case of the BBC Microcomputer, Acorn's Prestel adapter can be used. In addition access can be gained from from a PC or Mobile device using Richard T Russell's BBC Basic for SDL 2.0 or Matrix Brandy BASIC V for Linux.

The video demonstrates how to connect an Apple II to the Telstar Videotex Service both with a WiModem232 (see link below) and also a traditiona V23 dial up modem. In addition a Packet Switched connection is also made to NXTEL and A80sAppleBBS.

Part one of this series is available here:    • Introducing the Telstar Videotex Service  


Links

Wimodem 232: https://www.cbmstuff.com/proddetail.p...
Speccie’s Home Page: https://speccie.uk/software/
Sinclair Spectrum Next: https://www.specnext.com/
NexTel: https://www.spectrumnextgames.uk/nxtel
Tetrachloromethane (CCL4): http://fish.ccl4.org/java/

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