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Nice! And congrats on the care you put forward to keep those machines in good working order. In Italy we had a very similar videotex network called Videotel, wh
by adg001 5y ago
Nice! And congrats on the care you put forward to keep those machines in good working order. In Italy we had a very similar videotex network called Videotel, whose terminals are still being resold on eBay. I was considering using one of those as a distraction-free terminal. However I still have with me a few Olivetti VT100 and VT220 terminals from the 1980s that would serve the same purpose very well, and have not enough space for everything. Thanks for your answer, and happy hacking!
- jgrahamc 5y agoThe keyboards on the Minitel/Videotel terminals are nasty. As much as it's fun to use one for a short while for retrocomputing karma purposes, they are no fun for real work. The mechanical keyboards on actual VT100/220 terminals tend to be much, much nicer and more robust.
- adg001 5y agoWell noted, thank you for letting me know!