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Well the popular and expensive services were advertised according to their access code: 3615. But the less known nerd services were found on much less expensiv
by philprx 6y ago
Well the popular and expensive services were advertised according to their access code: 3615.
But the less known nerd services were found on much less expensive 3614 access code such as RTEL, Privilege, QBBS, ...
Even some hackish servers where on the super cheap 3613 or free 3605s.
- 082349872349872 6y agoa Mastodon/3615 Ulla mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVY8MxPhxF8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVY8MxPhxF8 I note that the anglophone vorticist magazine Blast[1], No 1 (1914) p.27, blesses france for its mastery of "rose" services. An irony of the Minitel: > "... à l’époque, les femmes à qui je racontais que j’étais donc payé pour faire fantasmer des hommes ... étaient plutôt séduites par ma façon de le faire ... paradoxalement, parler de mon boulot d’animatrice minitel rose était une super technique de drague."[2] [1] https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1143209523824858.pdf https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1143209523824858.pdf [2] http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fowni.fr%2F2012%2F06%2F28%2Fjai-ete-animatrice-de-minitel-rose%2F http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2...
- anthk 6y agoDid you have free Unix terminals over 3605? I'm curious. Having a remote Unix account for free over minitel would be a godsend.
- philprx 6y agoYes, these were pretty rare and l33t ;-) There were a couple, a university AIX, a CDC NOS/VE with IP connectivity, etc... Basically, free international comms back in the 90s!