in the late #80s Bell canada created an interactive videotex service few have ever heard of called #AlexTel

like france's #minitel terminals, the alextel is similar in design and layout. it houses a surprisingly light mono CRT inside the plastic shell, and a fold-out keyboard that neatly folds up to hide the screen.

inside is a 1200 baud modem that you'd use to connect to bell's alextel dial-in service

can't wait to try this out on a dial-in #bbs

#obscure #retrocomputing #videotex #history