Bildschirmtext (German "screen text", abbrev. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Btx) was a V.23 online service (an interactive videotex system) launched in West Germany in 1983 by the Deutsche Bundespost, the (West) German postal service. V90 redirects here For the automobile see Volvo V90. The ITU-T V-Series Recommendations on Data communication over the telephone network An online service provider is inclusive to Internet service providers and Web sites such as Wikipedia 's or Usenet (commonly accessed through Videotex (or "interactive videotex" was one of the earliest implementations of an "end-user information system" West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Deutsche Bundespost ( German federal Post office) was created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost (German imperial post office Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects wherein written Documents typically enclosed in Envelopes and also Btx originally required special hardware, which had to be bought or rented at the post office. The data was transmitted through the telephone network and the content was displayed on a television set. In Telecommunication, telephony (təˈlɛfəni or teh-LEH-fuh-nee encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances specifically Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
Like the French Minitel or Prestel, Btx originally used the CEPT1 standard. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Minitel is a Videotex Online service accessible through the Telephone lines and is considered one of the world's most successful pre- World Prestel (abbrev from press telephone) the brand name for the UK Post Office 's Viewdata technology was an interactive Videotex system developed CEPT1 was a standard set in 1981 by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT for the display of Videotex. Later it was switched to the backward-compatible KIT standard, which however never really became accepted. CEPT permits the transmission of graphical pages with a resolution of 480 by 250 pixels, where 32 out of a palette of 4096 colors could be shown at the same time. This corresponds to the technical possibilities of the early 80's.
Btx always transferred whole screen pages; the receiver paid per received page. The content provider was free to set the price, and could require either a fee per page (0. 01 DM to 9. 99), or a time-dependent fee (0. 01 DM to 1. 30 DM per minute).
The last Btx access was switched off at the end of 2001 by Deutsche Telekom; it had been made obsolete by the Internet. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Deutsche Telekom AG (,) ( English translation German Telecom) (abbreviated DTAG) is a Telecommunications company headquartered in The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks However, Btx formed the basis of T-Online, Deutsche Telekom's online service, which maintained a Btx interface in its access software after the T-Online brand was introduced in 1995. T-Online, a former subsidiary and now business unit of Deutsche Telekom, is the biggest Internet service provider in Germany.
After German reunification, Btx was available throughout Germany. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Btx was also available in Austria and Switzerland, where it was called Videotex (VTX). Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
References in popular culture
Bildschirmtext is mentioned in the German version of the Kraftwerk song Computer Liebe (Computer Love) from the Computerwelt album. Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Computer World ( German version Computerwelt) is a Concept album created by Kraftwerk and released in 1981
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