Date   : Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:20:16
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: [BeebSoc] Re: Minitel in France

On 23 July 2011 23:38, Rick Murray <rick@...> wrote:
>
>> Rick? ?Keep an eye out on the vide greniers for us?
>
> D'accord... mais ils ont souvent cher. C'est comme "vintage!" et
> "r@...!". Et aussi, comment que j'envoyer les? Avec le petit t?l?, ils
> sont un peu lourd et aussi fragile.
>
> If you didn't understand that, you probably won't get far with figuring
> out the units.

Digs out 30 year old pre-O-Level French memories...
Something about "vintage" stuff being rare (easy bit), erm, how to
ship it, with the little tele is somehing that is also fragile.

Drat  translate.google ... ok, so I just missed out "expensive" and
"heavy". Not bad...


I dare say they won't be quite so rare after shutdown though ...?
Unless they are just rented, and clawed back for disposal?

Anybody know if there is anything happening about preserving a
snapshot of the service contents for posterity?

Rob