Last summer there was a request from the Berkeley Unified School District to engage computer technology for use with the handicapped. The service is provided through Preset, British Telecom's viewdata service.
Users can get details of all their bank accounts, including full transaction information.
They can pay regular bills, order new cheque books, and transfer money between accounts. Customer information is to be safeguarded by personal passwords and security codes separate from those used by Prestel itself. You complain that displays for CDs wouldn't be able to show multiple fonts, graphics, and enough text at a time. It can show multiple fonts and graphics. By your measure, this compares with a Macro Economics text.