Hi all, I recently obtained a Philips NM6302 Viewdata terminal, better known as the Minitel 2. I've stuck a quick video of the terminal in action and connecting to Telstar - https://www.youtube.com/wa

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Hello, I'm just testing my Modem setup with a ZX spectrum and a Modem prism VTX5000; My modem is connected to a VOIP interface with SIP number up and running. As I'm calling from FRANCE, What is the n

Hi, I'm planning provide access to Telstar at EMF Camp ( https://www.emfcamp.org/ ) in June and was hoping to add some event specific pages. They provide the schedule and bar prices via JSON so it's f

Where can i download the Commstar rom and what EPROM/EEPROM is needed? New to BBC Micro

I have now reinstated the Telstar PAD on 01756 664434. This allows a dial in V23 connection to access TCP based systems. This allows internet only systems that dont have dial-in to be accessed by dial

Telstar now supports bulk imports from any public GIT repository. It means that if you create a GIT repo with some pages at the top level, these can be made to automatically appear in Telstar. All tha

I have just popped a Docker image for Telstar 2.0-RC-3.3 for amd64 and arm64. I have also put together a new wiki for this version here: https://wiki.glasstty.com/index.php/Telstar_Viewdata_System. It

Hi all, I recapped another VTX 5000 modem for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and discovered it had a different boot screen to the Micronet 800 one I've seen before - this one is for "Homelink" which was the

Hi folks, I'm fiddling around putting some ideas together to make a Telstar client on a microcontroller (ESP32) that outputs composite video for no particular good reason. So you might see connections

I have a Tandata terminal and find it ok with Telstar, I see there is one for sale on ebay here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125246514520?hash=item1d29462558:g:FtwAAOSwojZiTsUD In fact I have two, as t

I have just seen this one for sale on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373976127607?hash=item5712b6d877:g:PuoAAOSw6kdiL1Jq It is similar to my own but has a 25 way D connector at the rear and more key

When I connect to Telstar I see the message "Frame not found" twice. Then after sending a # I can see the first frame. So it seems then terminal sends something automatically at the beginning of the s

Hello, I'm curious what software / hardware was required to access Prestel from a Commodore 64? There's numerous references to it implying it was possible, and there was Commodore 64 Telesoftware avai

Telstar currently uses real modems for the dial-in service and I am looking to moving this over to asterisk with the softmodem module. I have it compiled and running on Arch Linux but probably need he

Hi All, I picked up a BBC Micro for £35 (!) at a Telecommuncations Swapmeet at the weekend. I wasn't really expecting to see one there, it's far too modern compared to the rest of the Bakelite phones

Hi, Would there be much work involved getting to get the Telstar server to support the CEPT2 / Minitel standard?I know of a few people with French Terminals in England and it'd be good to get them con

Hi all, I picked up a cheap Pace Nightingale Modem off EBay but I'm struggling to get it working properly. I've made a custom cable to break out the 5 pin Domino connector to a female DB25 like you'd

Hi, I'm just looking at the TELSTAR server on bitbucket and I'm struggling to find where additional gateway services can be defined? I probably wont actually be experimenting with it for a few weeks b

Hello, I'm planning to operate a traditional "POTS" analog telephone network in a field at Electromagnetic Field ( https://www.emfcamp.org/ ) in June - "a non-profit UK camping festival for those with