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In message <l5gs11F4spvU1@mid.individual.net>, at 17:55:45 on Thu, 14 
Mar 2024, Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> remarked:
>On 14 Mar 2024 16:17, Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message <l5g5qkF1lapU1@mid.individual.net>, at 11:36:52 on Thu, 14
>> Mar 2024, Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> remarked:
>>>On 14 Mar 2024 06:48, Roland Perry wrote:
>>>> In message <ust1ct$13tlc$1@dont-email.me>, at 20:13:18 on Wed, 13 Mar
>>>> 2024, Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> remarked:
>>>>>On 13/03/2024 19:43, Roland Perry wrote:

>>>>>>  For a trip of the kind you are making, I would dedicate about two
>>>>>>hours.
>>>>>
>>>>>Back in the olden days you used to go to a shop called a "travel 
>>>>>agent" and ask them. Typically it took them a little longer than 
>>>>>the actual flight to work out what ticket to sell you.
>>>>
>>>> That's because at best they had a Prestel system with a limited number
>>>> of airlines on it. On the other hand, a lot of fares were regulated, so
>>>> it didn't matter as much who you flew with, or which routing you took.
>>>
>>>I think a lot of travel agents used EasySABRE which wasn't Prestel.
>>
>> What date was that introduced?
>
>Started centrally in the 60s, became networked soon thereafter

What network infrastructure was used, mindful that Internet broadband 
wasn't a thing until late 90's. And then only in London.

>but Sabre was in travel agents form about 1976 onwards.
>EasySABRE was then provided over the Internet to anyone in the 80s
>
>>>There was an anti-trust case in the early days; American Airlines 
>>>wrote the system and AA flights always appeared first. That was rules 
>>>as anti-competitive.
>>>
>> There was a osystem whose name escapes me at the moment.
>
>

-- 
Roland Perry

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  Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-07 10:56 +0000
    Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-07 12:31 +0000
      Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-07 12:47 +0000
      Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-07 14:27 +0000
        Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-07 18:25 +0000
          Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-07 20:05 +0000
      Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-07 14:31 +0000
        Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-07 17:56 +0000
          Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-07 18:27 +0000
        Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-07 18:26 +0000
          Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-07 20:07 +0000
            Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-08 08:57 +0000
              Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 10:13 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-08 11:08 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 17:20 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-08 18:05 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 20:09 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-09 01:36 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-09 08:34 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-10 01:26 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2024-03-10 13:51 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-10 16:09 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-10 20:32 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-10 21:31 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-11 16:00 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-11 15:58 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-11 15:54 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking tony sayer <tony@bancom.co.uk> - 2024-03-11 20:18 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-11 21:54 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-12 18:42 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-12 18:49 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-12 20:02 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-12 20:35 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 00:51 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 16:01 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 19:43 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 20:13 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 06:48 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> - 2024-03-14 11:36 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 16:17 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> - 2024-03-14 17:55 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-17 00:05 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-17 09:15 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-17 12:33 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-18 09:48 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-18 16:59 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-18 20:39 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 02:11 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Mark Goodge <usenet@listmail.good-stuff.co.uk> - 2024-03-17 15:25 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-18 17:25 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Mark Goodge <usenet@listmail.good-stuff.co.uk> - 2024-03-18 18:50 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-18 20:49 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 13:14 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-19 13:21 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 16:25 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-20 08:53 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> - 2024-03-19 14:32 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 16:26 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> - 2024-03-19 23:32 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 13:11 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-18 20:45 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 02:23 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-19 09:37 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 10:27 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-19 13:08 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-19 16:30 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-19 18:02 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-20 08:37 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Alan Jones <ajnews@exospan.com> - 2024-03-20 11:06 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-03-20 11:37 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-20 14:36 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-20 14:41 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-12 20:01 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-12 23:51 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 01:03 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 14:58 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 15:15 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 15:56 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 16:07 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 19:52 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 00:00 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 07:03 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-14 10:55 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 11:16 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-14 11:51 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 13:11 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 16:19 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Peter Maydell) - 2024-03-15 09:15 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 14:17 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 14:40 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 16:25 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Michael Kilpatrick <news@mkilpatrick.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 17:01 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-17 07:46 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-14 16:22 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-03-13 16:41 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-13 19:59 +0000
                Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 17:18 +0000
              Re: Cambridge North car parking Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> - 2024-03-08 17:16 +0000
  Re: Cambridge North car parking Tim Ward <tim@brettward.co.uk> - 2024-03-07 11:54 +0000

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