Historic Photos: Skype - not so new
/A video screen was attached to the workstation and the user dialled the other participants for a long-distance conference on a device like a push-button phone. Their voice activated the picture on all the screens.
According to a press release the MINX was “an advance which could mean an end to tedious international travelling, where executives shuttle from car to airliner to hotel conference and back.”
Each workstation cost £12,000. Identifier: CW-TELECONF-001