Date   : Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:38:33 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Minitel in France

On 23/07/2011 16:31, Rob wrote:

> I'd quite like a couple of representative units, just to see if I can
> put together a local server for them :-)

;-)


> Rick?  Keep an eye out on the vide greniers for us?

D'accord... mais ils ont souvent cher. C'est comme "vintage!" et 
"r at re!". 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. There's a secret bypass to unlock a password protected 
Minitel2 [*] (clears NVRAM so all info wiped, not just a backdoor) but 
to find this you'd need to browse French forums...



* - It looks like a clone of the PCF8582, so could be poked via IIC?
     Alternatively (Minitel2 *only*):
       1. Unplug. Wait 30 seconds.
       2. Plug in.
       3. Turn on. It'll ask for the password.
       4. Press [Fnct] and [T] and hold for five seconds.
       5. Then press [I].
     It's been reinitialised.


Best wishes,

Rick.

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