Prestel 1980

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This book provides an overview of the Prestel service in 1980.  Prestel was the brand name for the UK Post Office's Viewdata technology.  This technology was a forerunner to the internet, as it allowed users to look up information on a television set connected to a specialist terminal.  

This glossy book is presented in a specialist sleeve and was clearly intended partly as a promotional document for the service.  A brief summary on the first pages describes the book:

'Prestel 1980 - The aims, the product, the market, the marketing strategy, and the roles that will be played in 1980 byeach of the parties on whom the success of Prestel depends.'

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Publisher : Post Office Telecommunications

Author : Dr Alex Reid (Ed.)

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH43524. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 
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