Project Hermes

In 1981 the National Physical Laboratory and Pira undertook for the Department of Industry a project definition study for a document delivery project to be known as Hermes. The prime aim of the project was to give a practical demonstration of how Teletex (n.b. not Teletext) technology may be applied to publishing activities. The aim of this paper is to describe in outline the system proposed by this study. Recently (November 1982), detailed planning of the first phase of the project has been initiated by the Department.