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An Alcatel Minitel 2 terminal, saved from a fire, is up for auction on eBay in France. The melted case of the computer leaves no chance for its practical use. However, it is sold at auction for €430, as an inexpensive working smartphone, or a very budget laptop.
- Minitel was an online service provided by France Telecom from 1982 to 2012. Launched in 1980 as an experiment to reduce the cost of printing telephone directory pages, it has evolved into a popular way to shop online, book trains, send emails, and more. It worked much like the Internet does today, and was the most successful online service in the world.
The Alcatel Minitel 2 model, which is up for auction, was manufactured in 1993 to replace the Minitel 1B. The terminal had a monitor capable of displaying monochrome text, although color models were later available for an additional cost. The basic Minitel model was provided free of charge to France Telecom customers in exchange for not receiving paper copies of telephone directories.
The specimen is described as having been saved from a fire, and there is obviously some truth to this. Although the screen and keyboard were almost undamaged, the case was melted almost to the ground. One of the images shows a fragment of a document that, according to the seller, could have been printed by the terminal.
The terminal seller has many other items on eBay, most of which are antiques or works of art. He positions the melted Minitel precisely as a work of art. Apparently, the auction was not very successful. The initial bid for the item was €450, now you can see the price is €20 less. Auction ends Sunday, June 23.
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