Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!karazm.math.uh.edu!jet From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) Subject: minitel (was Re: 19200bps Message-ID: <1991May15.001618.16260@menudo.uh.edu> Keywords: 19200 bps Sender: usenet@menudo.uh.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Organization: University of Houston -- Department of Mathematics References: <1991May7.125031.2331@cec1.wustl.edu> <405@netxcom.netx.com> Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 00:16:18 GMT In article <405@netxcom.netx.com> elw@netxcom.netx.com (Edwin Wiles) writes: >Effectively, that's what the French did with their "Datatel" system. (Did I >get the name right?) Only they used something like 300 baud from computer >to terminal and 30 the other way. It was Minitel, and they used a 1200/75 modem. In the states, there's a similiar service called US Minitel that uses the same hardware/software (used to be, you would occasionally get error messages in French!). The terminal sucks, when compared to a computer, but compared to nothing (or a TI 99/4A), it isn't too bad. -- J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2126 Skate UNIX or bleed, boyo...(UNIX is a trademark of Unix Systems Laboratories). [As soon as my Amiga 3000 arrives, it'll be Skate Motorola time!]