On the 20th anniversary of Viewtron’s birth, Interactive Faculty Howard Finberg interviewed some people involved in the project about its impact on new media and their careers. What were the biggest ...

Before there was the Web, there was Viewtron. Twenty years ago on Oct. 30, Knight Ridder and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company launched in Miami one of the boldest experiments in new media: ...

Information overload is not what it used to be. In 1983, magazines, television, and radio were apparently enough to make people lose their bearings. Well it’s a good thing AT&T was there with a ...

Knight-Ridder Newspapers Inc. will close down its money-losing Viewtron service, the company said Monday. Viewtron is a “videotex” system — that is, a database that allows home computer users access ...

A simple Python app to get a JPEG snpashot image from a Viewtron IP camera. All Viewtron IP cameras have a URL that returns a current snapshot image in JPEG format. This Python app retrieves the ...