Description
Julien Mailland and Kevin Driscoll’s book is the first English scholarly work on Minitel, a trailblazing French computer network. It delves into Minitel’s history as a significant technical and cultural entity. Launched in 1983, this network, predating the widespread use of the Internet in the U.S., offered services like e-mail, e-commerce, and online gaming. It quickly became popular as the French government provided free terminals to telephone subscribers. The authors highlight Minitel’s role as a technical innovation, a commercial hit, and a bold social venture, foreseeing the societal impacts of extensive telecomputing.
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