Conflicting Perceptions of Viewdata and its Benefits

Abstract

Viewdata was a British invention. The inventor, Sam Fedida, came to work at the Post Office research centre in 1970, on a “viewphone” project. Apart from providing television pictures of the caller and recipient involved in a telephone conversation, the viewphone was also to allow transmission of computer data. Such a piece of equipment would, it was hoped, increase telephone network use during off‐peak periods.

Citation

Hayden, V. (1981), "Conflicting Perceptions of Viewdata and its Benefits", Library Management, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 2-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054858