On: The Minitel system in France (1988)

[tannhaeuser]

Could someone explain how Minitel apps worked in detail, or provide a link? I understand it's based on duplex serial communication over modem, yet isn't tty-like (not every keystroke is transferred) but then how does the terminal know at which point to expect/enable input fields, etc? Is it similar to 3270?

[meatsock → tannhaeuser]

here is a blog post [1] that links to a terminfo file [2] written by Alexandre Montaron that might help. [1]: https://chapelierfou.org/blog/a-minitel-as-a-linux-terminal.... [2]: https://chapelierfou.org/files/mntl.ti

[hyakosm → tannhaeuser]

This FOSDEM conference from Frédéric Bisson might interest you: https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/retro_revivin...