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Originally Posted by rambo1152
In most "director" areas the access number was on short codes 618 and 918. The full number was (std) 618 1111 and (std) 918 1111 The Prestel computers seemed to operate in isolation from each other and had poets names, I think the primary Manchester one was Wordsworth.
I think Micronet 800 was just a magazine of pages on Prestel (I could be wrong) but there were several private Viewdata systems using the same technology.
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Yes, Micronet800 was a Closed User Group (CUG) in Prestel-speak.
Way ahead of its time with email, online banking, software downloads, social media (user-editable 'Galleries') and even a real time (ish) chat room. Your email address ('mailbox number') was your telephone number without the leading 0 unless you requested a special private one.