Talk:Prestel

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I seem to remember program downloads (at least on Micronet) were charged not by having the first few frames being 99p and the remainder, but the *last* frames - so if the connection died halfway through, usually it was before you had been charged and therefore easier to sort out. Or am I just remembering incorrectly?

Ali0th 15:48, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

That's correct, and for those exact reasons. For a time I used to work in Micronet THD (Technical Help Desk) and one of my jobs was putting up the telesoftware. (If connection did die afer charging commenced, the procedure was to ask the customer to send in a tape/disk with what they had managed to download saved on it, as there was no way to actually track whom had paid for what!) robert@irrelevant.com. 29th January 2007. (Sorry don't have an account.)

[edit] IRC

"data was entered on a central Update Computer, "Duke", located in London, and then mirrored onto a number of satellites (mirrored computers known as IRCs)" - what did IRC stand for, in this context? Google leaves me none the wiser. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 15:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Teletext

Is it correct to have Prestel in the category Teletext? I think Teletext refers to a one-way service (as on TV sets) while Prestel was a two-way service and should be categorized as Videotex. Biscuittin (talk) 16:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)