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Macintosh
emulator
Warning! Change of address. If you have downloaded the emulator on the old site minitel.fr, please run the emulator, click on the "setting" menu at the top of the window, then select the "Connection" menu item, and replace the contens of the "Node name or IP address" field by pdc.minitelfr.com,
Or download the new emulator on this site.
How can I create automatic
connection scripts?
Create a
text file with the name of your choice (for
example: "start.txt") with the following
contents :
Identifiant,ZXNET1,SUITE
(replace ZXNET1 by your ID)
*,DEMFTD,ENVOI (replace DEMFTD by
your password)
.,PAGESM,ENVOI
IMPORTANT: THERE MUST BE NO SPACES
AT THE END OF THE LINE.
The third line is optional: it allows
automatic connection to the
Teletel service of your choice
(PAGESM in this example).
NB: the dot (.) is the character
displayed by a Minitel waiting for you to
type something in.
To set up
the emulator to use this file for
connection :
- Start the
emulator
- In the
Script menu, click on "Select a script"
and select the file ".txt" that you have
created,
- Then, in
the Script menu, select "Execute at
startup",
- Save in
the File menu "Save
Preferences",
- Close and
restart: you will be connected
automatically.
How
do I change the size of my Minitel
screen?
In the
emulator menu bar (at the top of the
screen), click on "Settings", then select
"Terminal" and select the size of the
"Fonts".
Windows PC
emulator
Warning! Change of address. If you have downloaded the emulator on the old site minitel.fr, please edit the synertel.ini file, and replace the "server=minitel.fr" line by server=pdc.minitelfr.com,
Or download the new emulator on this site.
When
I start the installation, I get the message
"unable to create temporary files" What
should I do?
If
installation has been interrupted
previously, a temporary installation file
may still be in the C:\ directory. Delete
files starting with ~stel.
If this does not solve the problem, you
may not have enough disk space. Make more
space available and restart.
How can I create automatic
connection scripts?
Create a
text file with the name of your choice (for
example: "start.txt") with the following
contents :
Identifiant,ZXNET1,SUITE (replace
ZXNET1 by your ID)
*,DEMFTD,ENVOI (replace DEMFTD by
your password)
.,PAGESM,ENVOI
IMPORTANT: THERE MUST BE NO
SPACES AT THE END OF THE LINE.
The third line is optional: it allows
automatic connection to the
Teletel service of your choice
(PAGESM in this example).
NB: the dot (.) is the character
displayed by a Minitel waiting for you to
type something in.
To set up the emulator to use this file
for connection :
- Put the
start.txt script in the C:\SYNERTEL\
folder
- Point to
the C:\SYNERTEL\winminip.exe file and
create a second shortcut (i.e. a second
icon) on your desktop
- Point to
this icon, press the right mouse button
and select "Properties". In "Properties,
select "Shortcut". In the "Target" field,
put the ".txt" file name after
"C:\SYNERTEL\WINMINIP.EXE"
Example:
"C:\SYNERTEL\WINMINIP.EXE
C:\SYNERTEL\start.txt"
NB:
for PCs running under WINDOWS NT, the
command in "Properties" "Shortcut" field
"Target" is "C:\SYNERTEL\WINMINIP.EXE
start.txt" (the directory need not be
repeated as it is the same)
- Click on
OK to exit.
- Click on
the icon: you will be connected
automatically.
"Socket failed"
message
This message indicates
that the emulator has not found the
winsock.dll (16 bits) library in the Windows
directory which holds the TCP/IP stack
required for the
emulator.
There are various reasons
for this failure :
- The sinsock.dll
library has been moved.
Move it back
to "Windows" or reinstall Windows (95 or
NT) or USE THE PLUGIN (32
bit).
- The winsock32.dll
(32 bit) library has been renamed
winsock.dll by one of your applications:
reinstall Windows 95 or Windows NT or USE
THE PLUGIN (32 bit).
- Some Windows 98
configurations are not fully compatible
with 16 bit applications: USE THE PLUGIN
(32 bit).
How do I change the
size of my Minitel
screen?
In the emulator menu bar
(at the top of the screen), click on
"Fonts" then select "Small" or
"Large".
Windows PC
plugin
I have downloaded the plugin.
How do I execute
it?
How do I access the print,
capture and cut/paste
functions?
- Click on the right-hand mouse
button,
- To print: copy the text or image from
the Videotex screen into a Word file
which you can then
print.
How can I create automatic
connection
scripts?
- Create a new HTML
page and copy the source of the SYNERTEL/I Plugin
page into the new
page
- Modify the script
as described below.
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Scripts are based on a
very simple principle.
Syntax :
macro="string expected;string to be
sent;key| repeat"
Examples :
1/ Automatic connection to demonstration
account :
macro="Identifiant;ZXNET1;SUITE|Mot de
passe ;DEMFTD;ENVOI"
2/Type in a text after a delay of
5000ms
macro=@#5000;abcdef;SUITE|@#5000;xyzxyz;ENVOI
The command macro= is
followed by a list of instructions
separated by a vertical bar (Shift \).
Each instruction is in three parts
separated by semi-colons.
The first part is the prompt expected or a
delay. The prompts expected are typed in as
they appear, the delays are given in
milliseconds preceded by the characters
@#.
A dot merely indicates that any input
prompt is expected (represented by dots on
the screen for many servers) : e.g.
macro=
If instead a delay of 5 seconds is
required between each data entry, this
would be macro=@#5000
The second part of an instruction is just
a string of characters to be sent as they
are.
The third part of the instruction "the
activation key", usually SUITE or ENVOI, is
the key code to send to the Minitel after
the string of characters.
After one instruction, the
macro passes simply to the next instruction
until it reaches the end.
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How do
I change the size of my Minitel
screen?
Make a local copy of the
HTML page http://pdc.minitelfr.com/plugin.html
Edit its source code and
modify it as follows.
<! -------------
Parameterisation of the emulation window
-------------!>
<! pushbuttons is the
position of the buttons representing the
Minitel buttons on the window/screen of the
Minitel:
"" = for the keys at the bottom of the
window.
"side" = on the right-hand side of the
window.
The parameters for "width" and "height"
depend on the "pushbutton" parameters
!>
<! width is the width
in pixels of the emulation window. The
parameters for "width" and "height" depend
on the "pushbutton" parameters
320, 480, 640 for the keys at the bottom
of the window.
420, 580, 740 for the keys at the side of
the window !>
<! height is the height
in pixels of the emulation window.
315, 440, 665 for the keys at the bottom
of the window.
250, 375, 500 for the keys at the side of
the window !>
<!
----------------------------------------------------------------
!>
"Server Unknown"
message
Warning! Change of address. To access the Minitel, you must call the "server" or "host"="pdc.minitelfr.com", using your emulator or plugin.
The emulator will only
operate when you have connected to Internet
:
1.If your work station is connected by
modem to an Internet Service Provider
(ISP).
Connect to your ISP before clicking on the
icon to start the emulator.
If the message "Server Unknown" is
displayed (white dialogue box displayed on
the black emulator screen), this probably
indicates that you have not successfully
connected to Internet.
2.If your work station is connected to a
local network which has a link to
Internet.
Start the emulator by clicking on the icon
to connect to "pdc.minitelfr.com".
2.1 If the message "Server Unknown" is
displayed (white dialogue box displayed on
the black emulator screen), this probably
indicates that your local network accesses
Internet via a PROXY. Ask the person
responsible for parameterisation to allow
you to send TCP/IP to port 513 of the
"pdc.minitelfr.com" server.
2.2
The connection
failure could also be due to a programming
fault on a Domain Name Server (DNS) within
the Internet network. The DNS translates
the pdc.minitelfr.com server name to the IP
address
195.6.17.108.
In this
case, the problem can be circumvented by
using the IP address
:
To access
the minitelfr.com Web site, you can replace
the command http://www.minitelfr.com by
http://195.6.17.108:80 (port 80 is used
for HTTP).
To access
the Minitel, you can call the "server" or
"host"="195.6.17.108", port "513" using
your emulator or
plugin.
When you
have reprogrammed your emulator or plugin
as above, reconnect
:
- If you
establish connection, all is
well.
- If the
message "Server Unknown" is displayed your
calls are not reaching Internet (see
2.1).
"Network disconnected"
message
If this message is
displayed WHEN THE MINITEL FRONT PAGE HAS
BEEN DISPLAYED.
this indicates one of
the following :
1. You have entered the
wrong access code three times (and the
message "Unknown User" has been displayed
three times). Reconnect and try again. If
this still fails, contact info.minitelfr@francetelecom.com
to check your access
code.
2. You
have no more connection credit. Topping up your
account.
3. You are connected to
minitel.com
- Windows PC emulator :
- Change the server name in
C:\SYNERTEL\SYNERTEL.INI
- Restart the
emulator
- Macintosh emulator :
- Start the emulator,
- Modify the server name in the
"Connection""Settings" menu,
- Save in the "File" "Save Preferences"
menu,
- Close and restart: you will be
connected
automatically.
4. You have spent a
long time without typing anything in and
the server has cut the connection so that
you do not pay for a connection that you
are not using.
What is the IP address of the
pdc.minitelfr.com
server?
The IP address of the pdc.minitelfr.com
server is
195.6.17.108.
Contact
us
In
France
- By email : info.minitelfr@francetelecom.com
- By fax : + 33 1 46 21 22 40
- By post :
Ligne de Solutions Kiosque Internet Entreprises
16-18 rue du Dôme
92514 BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT
FRANCE
In
Australia
- By email : jacton@acslink.net.au
- By fax : 61 3
9808 4983
- By telephone
: 61 3 9808 7091
- By post :
MINITELNET
AUTRALIA
PO BOX 1340
BOX HILL VIC 3128
AUSTRALIA
In
Japan
In
Switzerland
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