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Posted by: beachycove on 2010-04-18 17:14:51 Anyone ever see one of these? They were apparently made only for the French market, and combined a 9600 modem with telephony and fax functionality.

Posted by: coius on 2010-04-22 19:24:48 Wow. Minitel? I got one of those in my closet (found it at a garage sale). Can't figure out what to do with it. Looks like a hacking project, but I have no time/money/knowledge to do anything with it. Anyone wanna buy it? I would say $0.00 + shipping comes with CRT (Black and white), Chicklet keyboard (built in) and a AT keyboard port on the back.

Posted by: Dog Cow on 2010-04-22 20:03:56 It won't work (or, rather, do anything useful) unless you go to France, and I don't know if the French Minitel system is still in operation there or not.

Posted by: Bunsen on 2010-04-22 20:26:50 Anyone ever see one of these? Translated Awww cute! It has feets 😀 Looks like a great case for a mini/faux Compact Mac casemod, speaking of hacking projects... Minitel? I got one of those in my closet Pixplzkthx

Posted by: BarnacleGrim on 2010-05-28 14:20:54 Ah. I remember reading about Minitel in French class. It seems like the system is still going strong. You can actually download an emulator from http://www.minitelfr.com/telecharger/index.html. Login ZXNET1 password DEMFTD gives you a small demo of the service.

Posted by: IIfx on 2012-05-16 07:16:46 Minitel looks like a cool idea. I wonder why the massive Bell System did not come up with it in the late 70s instead.

Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2012-05-16 11:55:17 Sadly, Minitel service is finally on the chopping block - it only has until June 30, 2012, then it's gone.

Posted by: Mac128 on 2012-06-09 08:03:57 Interesting that it corresponds with the end of MobileMe. Too bad it didn't have a square grille to better match the CC to have a little Mini Me sitting next to it ... Did Apple design this? Or did they allow the French to source this out? It's odd that it looks exactly like a Mini Color Classic, despite the fact Apple already had some designs which were already suited for this task ...

Posted by: beachycove on 2012-06-09 11:35:18 I hadn't noticed the CC connection, but you are right. Hack in an iPod Classic, get MinivMac on it, and you'd have a compacted-Compact Mac. Ho ho.

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