**Resident hypertext crank** @enkiv2@eldritch.cafe · Jun 30, 2018, 14:04

**Resident hypertext crank** @enkiv2@eldritch.cafe · Jun 30, 2018, 14:04

Resident hypertext crank @enkiv2@eldritch.cafe

Oh hey look what popped up on my feed:
https://mobile.twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/1012770446129926145

h @h · Jun 30, 2018, 16:34

h @h · Jun 30, 2018, 16:34

@enkiv2 Now a real challenge for retro-computing enthusiasts would be to find a working French Minitel and find a way to put it to work via telnet over the internet.

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology · Jun 30, 2018, 16:35

**DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab** @djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology · Jun 30, 2018, 16:35

@h @enkiv2 I'm trying but I keep getting sniped on auctions

h @h · Jun 30, 2018, 16:36

h @h · Jun 30, 2018, 16:36

@djsundog I knew we could count on you :-)

@enkiv2

**Resident hypertext crank** @enkiv2@eldritch.cafe · Jun 30, 2018, 16:57

**Resident hypertext crank** @enkiv2@eldritch.cafe · Jun 30, 2018, 16:57

@h @djsundog
Is that significantly harder than ceefax?

h @h · Jun 30, 2018, 17:01

h @h · Jun 30, 2018, 17:01

@enkiv2 I don't know. If I had to guess, I think French retro tech didn't get spread around the world as much. I think Aussies and other former colonies got access to BBC micro and Sinclair. It's not unthinkable that other devices from that era enjoyed a similar destiny.
I got lucky to use a Minitel when I was little, but that wasn't normal for most people.

@djsundog

h @h · 2018-06-30T17:06:05Z

h @h

@djsundog @enkiv2

I was able, however, to buy me a ZX Spectrum much later, with the hard earned salary of my first job ever. (selling onions, hahah)

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