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Originally Posted by Colmike9
Back in the day I heard of Mini Tels in France. I heard that you had to pay per minute or hour to use them, too, but I have no idea since that was so long ago.
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Minitel.
Otherwise you are right.
Minitel was supposed to be a very basic computer (c64 was much better) but with some "network" capability.
According to Wikipedia, you had the same thing in many country:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel
It lasted very long in France.
For example i used a device like that to register to the university or to get the results of the equivalent of "end of highschool" diploma.