On: Minitel – The Rise and Fall of a National Tech Treasure [video]

[Jaruzel]

Looking at your HN username, I am guessing you are referring to Shades? Hello there, Arch-Wiz! ;)

I lost 1000s of hours playing Prestel Shades... endlessly typing 'ret ls' at everyone and everything... ah those were the days.

Hmm, I think I still owe my father a ton of money for all those MASSIVE phone bills!

[walshemj → Jaruzel]

Heh

When I worked in the TEC tymnet engineering centre we had an ex phone phreak who had got done by BT security for hacking Prestel.

One day the SD officer who arrested him bumped into him and freaked and demanded he be sacked - senior mangers told SD to piss off.

[hazeii → Jaruzel]

That'd be 'coder' to you, Sir!

Sorry about the bills - I always felt bad about them.

[Jaruzel → hazeii]

Ah yeah, 'Hazeii the Coder' - I'm old, my memory is not what it was!

Do you have anything to do with the Shades that runs at games.world.co.uk ?

[hazeii → Jaruzel]

Yes, Perialaga hosts it and I look in from time to time. Write a message on the chattrack if you make it back there!