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Prestel and Micronet: Britain's Lost Proto-Internet
Explore Britain's 1979 Prestel Viewdata system and its community platform Micronet 800 — an interactive online service that predated the World Wide Web by a decade, and why it lost to the open internet.
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Prestel and Micronet: Britain's Lost Proto-Internet
Explore the history of Britain's Prestel Viewdata system (1979) and its community platform Micronet 800 — an interactive online service that predated the World Wide Web by a decade, and why it lost to the open internet.
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Back to 1990s Kansai: A Digital Archae…
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Back to 1990s Kansai: A Digital Archaeology Journey Through the XD FirstClass BBS Network
Explore Japan's XD FirstClass BBS network from the 1990s Kansai region — uncovering the history of graphical BBS pioneer FirstClass, digital preservation challenges, and lessons for the modern internet.
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