OpenDNA Projects<p><strong>Minitel (1979-2012): its past and our future</strong></p><p>2012 is the year that Europe shuts down its proto-Internets. First, the BBC announced that teletex was getting the axe and today France is shutting down the Minitel x.25 network. These technologies, both started in the late 1970s, were ahead of their times and, in many ways, may still be.</p> //<a href="https://opendna.com/blog/2012/06/30/the-end-of-minitel-its-past-and-our-future/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opendna.com/blog/2012/06/30/the-end-of-minitel-its-past-and-our-future/</a>