Date   : Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:51:09 +0100 (BST)
From   : hick.bbc@... (gARetH baBB)
Subject: Teletext / Viewdata / Prestel people

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Rob wrote:

> still have all the info packs on becoming an Information Provider
> there.  (I should still have all those for Prestel itself, too,
> incidentally.)

I've got a few bits to help if gaps need to be filled in.

> BT ran EYP (Electronic Yellow Pages) on it's own dial-up service in
> both teletype and viewdata formats.  You had to sign up to use it
> (still got my membership card for that).  EYP eventually found it's
> way onto the internet, and www.eyp.co.uk now gives you Yell.

Remember PhoneBase ? I think that predated EYP. It was on a 0910 number, 
probably one of the first IDN numbers.

> people, of course..  I can point you at Paul Needs (M'net Editor)  and

http://paulneeds.com/

...

> Primes.... I can offer a working Autognomic Systems (TG at H software)
> viewdata system (got it fired up for the first time in 20+ years at
> Byte Back) if it would help...  Must test out some modems on it

Does anyone ever remember Aardvark and know what they did with their 
gnomic system ?

I reckon it just got binned, it was the full setup with loads of ports.