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...the "MiniTel" box that France brought out 30(?) years ago for its' general populace to access France's "fledgling" Information Service, accessed via telephone modem (the speed was, as I recall, a blistering 2400 bps!). Unlike the Chrome box, the "Minitel" box had a small built-in B&W CRT and smallish keyboard.

I don't know if "MiniTel" is still in operation today - I doubt it, given the "rapid rise" of the World Wide Web that started in the mid-80's...