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Hi. There is a good picture of the first Minitel terminal on this page, but wouldn't it be great if there was successive models shown? How about some screenshots of various services?
SAPETIFONFAPAPA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.41.198.182 ( talk) 13:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
I don't think they're was several models, they all looked the same. We kept the same for years, it was very strong.
Edit: the models, here: https://www.google.fr/search?q=minitel+models&num=50&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihmK-ti4DYAhWE16QKHW-4CEwQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=613
The only one I saw is this one, the classical one: https://chapelierfou.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/minitel1-1024x769.jpg
Clicking on the UK Minitel link in External links, I found this editorial:
Our customers owning a loaded account will be able to use it to connect to Minitel services until December 31st 2006, when the service will end for good.
Is this true?
Evidently not--I used it today! 86.72.133.206 20:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
What type of technology is used server side? What OS (Unix, VMS, etc.)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.118.72.85 ( talk) 19:29, 31 December 2006 (UTC).
Was the Minitel deployed in the French territories? 71.93.238.212 21:35, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, France Télécom was everywhere in the French soil. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.250.164.254 ( talk) 18:49, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
France Telecom deployed Minitel in the United States. Dial-up ports were available in most major U.S. cities. This was separate from the US West and "101 Online" US services; it was actual French Minitel, interconnected with the system in France. I once had an account on it, and could chat with people in France. Does anyone have further data? -- John Nagle ( talk) 17:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
No further data but I knew someone who had a Minitel in Canada... don't know if they were connecting to a US # or how it was setup.
BlueLeather ( talk) 11:15, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
It seems confusing that the list includes both Minitel and systems that are deemed to be “like” Minitel in the one list - many things are like other things, but completely different nonetheless. Windows and Mac OS are both graphical user interface computer operating systems, but you wouldn’t put one in a list of deployments of the other. Minitel is Minitel, Prestel is Prestel: Prestel isn’t a variety, implementation or incidence of Minitel, it was merely a different thing with a similar purpose. As Minitel is a specific technology, surely it isn’t appropriate in a discussion of that tech to just lump it with other similar technologies? Jock123 ( talk) 13:11, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
The line about Belgium is pure phantasy in my eyses. No wonder there are no references added.
https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_minitel-on-coupe-tout-a-23h59?id=7797139 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.250.164.254 ( talk) 18:52, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Minitel: The rise and fall of the France-wide web. BBC. 27 June 2012. From the article:
The article might mention that it was rolled out first in 1978 in Brittany. -- Timeshifter ( talk) 05:07, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
In the early 1980s (as a representative of the Minneapolis, MN, newspapers) involved in a Minitel project aimed at upper midwest farmers run by what-is-now US Bank. I was only involved in the pre-production phases, and I don't recall how long it lasted or how (un)successful it was.
StevePoulter ( talk) 22:27, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
This article says nothing about the use of this service for phone sex, which was one of the major reasons for its popularity in France. See fr:Minitel Rose. Chubbles ( talk) 19:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
No, it wasn't a driving factor for the adoption of the minitels in the families. It's the same thing than saying people get internet for the porn sites: it's a nonsense. Every firm had its minitel site, like Internet has, and we could find infos, but it was too expensive and slow comparing to the internet we have nowadays. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.250.164.254 ( talk) 18:35, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
You mean fr:Minitel rose. fr:Minitel Rose is about a musical group. JIP | Talk 19:54, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
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I think the article should conclude with a paragraph or so regarding the decisions that led to shutting down Minitel, placed before the See Also section. Clearly the rise of the Internet, especially high-speed Internet was an influence, but what else went into the decision to wind things down for this service? Nutster ( talk) 16:49, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
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