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Without elaborating too much on the details, it is interesting to mention some of them. For example, Girotel is “only” available 23 hours a day. This is due to the chosen processing method, as all orders are collected to be processed between ten and eleven at the end of the day. During that time Girotel is therefore not available.

For the Girotel-system they have chosen a Viditel-like set-up; it’s a Viditex system. At first there will be only one Girotel-computer, located in Breda. To work with Girotel this computer must be called, by means of a Viditel-modem and software. The phone costs are for the user by the way, there are no other fees.

However it’s also possible to use the Girotex-system via Viditel. Via page 500 one will arrive at the Girotel-computer. Those who have access to Viditel can already look around, although the actual home banking is of course not possible without the appropriate access codes.

The first trial uses MSX computers, of course. In principle every machine with the ability to access Viditel can be used, however in practice the Postbank has chosen for MSX. Therefore at the recent public presentation there were Philips VG8230-computers (MSX2) with a special Girotel-cartridge developed by Micro Technology.