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From: davepat@olivej.olivetti.com (David Patterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RE: Minitel Access From America?
Keywords: There *is* PUBLIC DOMAIN software available...
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Date: 13 Oct 89 00:17:33 GMT
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Hi!

Sorry it took me so long to respond.  I've gotten a lot of responses to
my questions, and thanks to all who've answered.  I will post a summary of
the answers I've received, and, if anyone is interested, I will post the
PUBLIC DOMAIN software that I have received from MINITEL in New York.  I
will not post this immediately, just in case there are any flames, requests
not to do so, etc.  But if there are no objections, it will be posted in
one or two weeks, (to allow for *any* possible dissenting votes), to
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  This software allows you to use your plain old modem
to call a local number, (there are lots of numbers to call).  You are not
charged anything until you actually sign on to a service, when you do, it
will be billed to your VISA or other plastic, (roughly $0.16/min for USA
services, and anywhere from $0.33 to $1.80/min for French services)...  
So that's it.  But like I said, if there are *any* dissenting votes, I won't 
post it.

-Dave Patterson

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