Early internet appliance?
May 24, 2005 2:48 PM Subscribe
Does anybody remember anything about a pre-world wide web consumer product called Yak (or Yack) that was marketing in the United States around 1990? Google fails me.
As I recall, the product came bundled with a proprietary monitor and keyboard and must have been associated with a local phone company. I know it was available in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As a computer novice then, I remember seeing their ads and thinking, “What a stupid idea. Writing to strangers on a computer!”
As I recall, the product came bundled with a proprietary monitor and keyboard and must have been associated with a local phone company. I know it was available in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As a computer novice then, I remember seeing their ads and thinking, “What a stupid idea. Writing to strangers on a computer!”
There never was a national rollout in the US of any videotext service, according to this article.
Minitel, in France, on the other hand, was quite successful.
posted by WestCoaster at 9:22 PM on May 25, 2005
Minitel, in France, on the other hand, was quite successful.
posted by WestCoaster at 9:22 PM on May 25, 2005
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posted by dhartung at 1:34 AM on May 25, 2005