Goal(s): Restore Dutch Viditel service and archive the history. Make software available as open source
Current state: Almost finished
Timeline
04/2023: Got a request for TV-program ‘Andere Tijden’ if we have information regarding Viditel. We couldn’t find much online and only could find 3 magazine about Videotex. Also our first try to connect a Viditel client to another computer failed. It’s a different protocol.
The episode can be found here.
05/2023: Kira tried to get a data connection with a terminal. No luck.
06/2023: Ashley built a modem-server software with the idea to revive a BBS. She decided to slightly change this and make it into a Viditel service.
08/2023: First successful data connection to a Minitel terminal. Also received a full source code of original Videotex server software actively used with many customers back in the day.
02/2024: Mostly working on a MSX. Philips P2000T has major errors showing the pages.
11/2024: First public showing of the software and a Philips P2000T on the Verzamelaarsbeurs in Utrecht.
03/2025: Public showing after some bug fixes at the MSX fair in Nijmegen.