Julien Mailland and Kevin Driscoll, Minitel: Welcome to the Internet (2017)
<em>Minitel: Welcome to the Internet</em> grew out of this very lab. It was <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/minitel">published in 2017 by The MIT Press</a> as a part of the <a href="http://platformstudies.com/">Platform Studies</a> series. For more information, click on "About our book" at the left.
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France Telecom, Envoi: Les Pages Minitel (1994)
One of the original overt motivations behind the Minitel project was to digitize the phone book and save money on paper, printing, and distribution costs. Ironically, Minitel became so popular that France Telecom started printing a paper-based Minitel directory.
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Marie Marchand, The Minitel Saga: A French Success Story (1988)
<em>The Minitel Saga</em> by Marie Marchand is one of the few books about Minitel published in English. In 2016, Lori Emerson, founding director of the Media Archaeology Lab, scanned and shared a copy of this hard-to-find book. For more information, see: <a href="https://loriemerson.net/2016/03/14/minitel-an-other-network/">Minitel, 1976-2012 // an other network</a>.
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Simon Nora and Alain Minc, The Computerization of Society (1978)
The 1978 "Nora-Minc report" to the French President of the Republic, named "The Computerization of Society," was a landmark document that helped define French telecommunications policy, and was the precusor to the introduction of Minitel in the eighties. This English edition was published in 1980 by The MIT Press with an introduction by Daniel Bell.
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Pierrick Bourgault, Minitel et Micro-Ordinateur (1985)
This how-to book was aimed at tech-savvy microcomputer owners. It offered information about using Minitel terminals as modems and running DIY Minitel services out of the home. Published in 1985 by SYBEX.
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Christian Tavernier, Les Secrets du Minitel (1985)
<em>Les Secrets du Minitel</em> is another trade book aimed at the Minitel enthusiast. Editions Techniques et Scientifiques Françaises published the first edition in 1985 and a second edition in 1988.
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Miguel Mennig, L'Indispensable pour Minitel (1987)
Miguel Mennig's <em>L'Indispensable pour Minitel</em> (1987) is a guide to the world of Minitel with material aimed at both the casual and hardcore <em>miniteliste</em>. In addition to a directory of services and peripheral buyer's guide, Mennig's book features instructions for connecting a PC to Minitel and building one's own micro-server.
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