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Microtex 666
Microtex 666 was an Australian Prestel-based Videotex system that operated from 1986 to 1989. The service was accessed through a videotex, text based dialup service from Telstra, Telecom Australia known as Videotex#Australia, Viatel. Microtex 666 was dedicated to microcomputer enthusiasts and included a large software download library, a semi-realtime online chat, and a 1,000-user massively multiuser game known as the Great Galactic Conflict. It was owned and founded by Sean Howard, and promoted through ''APC (magazine), Australian Personal Computer'' magazine. For much of its existence, Microtex 666 was externally managed by Scott Sanderson at Information Solutions, which also sold a package consisting of modem plus software, since few people owned modems at that time. Microtex 666 was eventually purchased by Telecom. Howard went on to found OzEmail, Australia's largest ISP. References {{Videotex Videotex Telstra History of telecommunications in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telstra
Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 and Australia's largest telecommunications company by market share. Telstra is the List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region#Australia, largest wireless carrier in Australia, with 18.8 million subscribers as of 2020. Telstra has a long history in Australia, originating together with Australia Post as the Postmaster-General's Department upon Federation of Australia, federation in 1901. Telstra has transitioned from a state-owned enterprise to a fully Privatization, privatised company and has recently focused on diversified products and emerging technologies. History Australia's telecommunications services were originally controlled by the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG), formed in 1901 as a result of Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Howard
Sean Martin Howard is an Australian entrepreneur, founder of OzEmail, at one time Australia's largest Internet company. In the 1980s Howard founded '' Australian Personal Computer'', Australia's top-selling computer magazine. He also developed the Microtex 666 service that ran on the Viatel system. In 1988 he became an original investor in ISYS Search Software, one of the pioneer search engine products. In 1992 he sold his Computer Publications business, including Microtex, to Australian Consolidated Press. Howard founded the pioneering public email service Oz-E-Mail. In 1994 businessmen Malcolm Turnbull and Trevor Kennedy invested and the business was relaunched as internet service provider OzEmail. In 1996 OzEmail was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. In 1997 OzEmail Phone was launched and in 1998 the company was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. In December 1998 American telco WorldCom took a 14.9% stake in OzEmail and in March 1999 WorldCom completed the acquisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Videotex
Videotex (or interactive videotex) was one of the earliest implementations of an end-user information system. From the late 1970s to early 2010s, it was used to deliver information (usually pages of text) to a user in computer-like format, typically to be displayed on a television or a dumb terminal. In a strict definition, videotex is any system that provides interactive content and displays it on a video monitor such as a television, typically using modems to send data in both directions. A close relative is teletext, which sends data in one direction only, typically encoded in a television signal. All such systems are occasionally referred to as ''viewdata''. Unlike the modern Internet, traditional videotex services were highly centralized. Videotex in its broader definition can be used to refer to any such service, including teletext, the Internet, bulletin board systems, online service providers, and even the arrival/departure displays at an airport. This usage is no longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestel
Prestel (abbrev. from press telephone), the brand name for the UK Post Office Telecommunications's Viewdata technology, was an interactive videotex system developed during the late 1970s and commercially launched in 1979. It achieved a maximum of 90,000 subscribers in the UK and was eventually sold by BT in 1994. The technology was a forerunner of on-line services today. Instead of a computer, a television set connected to a dedicated terminal was used to receive information from a remote database via a telephone line, although a computer with a modem and running Terminal emulator software can be used if the user so inclined. The service offered thousands of pages ranging from consumer information to financial data but with limited graphics. Initial development Prestel was created based on the work of Samuel Fedida at what was then known as the Post Office Research Station in Martlesham, Suffolk. In 1978, under the management of David Wood the software was developed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Videotex
Videotex (or interactive videotex) was one of the earliest implementations of an end-user information system. From the late 1970s to early 2010s, it was used to deliver information (usually pages of text) to a user in computer-like format, typically to be displayed on a television or a dumb terminal. In a strict definition, videotex is any system that provides interactive content and displays it on a video monitor such as a television, typically using modems to send data in both directions. A close relative is teletext, which sends data in one direction only, typically encoded in a television signal. All such systems are occasionally referred to as ''viewdata''. Unlike the modern Internet, traditional videotex services were highly centralized. Videotex in its broader definition can be used to refer to any such service, including teletext, the Internet, bulletin board systems, online service providers, and even the arrival/departure displays at an airport. This usage is no longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Galactic Conflict
The Great Galactic Conflict, or GGC for short, was a turn based Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) which was available in Australia around 1985. The game was accessed through a text based dialup service from Telecom Australia (later Telstra Australia) known as Viatel. Briefly, the game mechanic required players to enter their moves during a one-week period. Once a week the game engine would process all entered moves and compute a result which became the basis for the following week's moves. An entire game took 10 weeks and GGC games were played 3 times. GGC moves were heavily influenced by negotiations between players which formed a significant portion of the game play. In 1988 the winner of the game was eligible to receive a prize of $2500. The game was written by Ian Davies for Microtex 666 Microtex 666 was an Australian Prestel-based Videotex system that operated from 1986 to 1989. The service was accessed through a videotex, text based dialup service from Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APC (magazine)
''APC'' (formerly known as Australian Personal Computer) is a computer magazine in Australia. It is published monthly and comes with a cover-mounted DVD of software. It is published by Future Australia. The tagline on the front of the magazine is "high performance personal computing" which APC uses as its point of distinction from other computing publications in Australia, such as '' PC User'' which targets beginner-medium users, and Atomic which targets gamers and modders. APC was first published in May 1980 by Sean Howard and is the longest running computer-magazine in Australia. The magazine also has a website, which publishes daily technology news, separate to what's in the printed magazine, with very few exceptions. The magazine was bought from Bauer Media Group in 2013 by Future. Future subsequently incorporated ''PC & Tech Authority'' into ''APC'' after acquiring it (along with other computing assets) from nextmedia nextmedia Pty Limited (styled as nextmedia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OzEmail
OzEmail was a major Internet service provider (ISP) in Australia, until it was acquired by iiNet on 28 February 2005. History In the early 1980s, Sean Howard was the editor of the '' Australian Personal Computer'' magazine and subsequently founded Microtex 666, the largest service provider on Telecom Australia's Viatel service. In 1992, he sold his share of Computer Publications to Australian Consolidated Press and founded pioneering email service Oz-E-mail. At this time, OzEmail had eight staff members and was creating a system to integrate Lotus Software Cc:Mail, MicrosoftMail and Novell MHS Mail systems. The initial network consisted of 16 POPs around Australia. In 1994 businessmen Malcolm Turnbull and Trevor Kennedy invested and the business was relaunched as internet service provider OzEmail. On 28 May 1996, OzEmail became the first Australian tech stock ever to list on the NASDAQ. With the trading symbol OZEMY, over A$50 million in investment capital was raised. Two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
