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Graham G3ZVT · 7th Mar 2018, 12:18 am

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.

7th Mar 2018, 12:18 am	#2
Graham G3ZVT Dekatron Join Date: May 2010 Location: Greater Manchester, UK. Posts: 18,710	Re: Prestel and Micronet 800 dialup - how did it work? 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. __________________ -- Graham. G3ZVT Last edited by Graham G3ZVT; 7th Mar 2018 at 12:35 am.