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Apparently lots. Did you check the Minitel's other connection terminals for any attached welding equipment?
@th I have two Minitel 2s, one with that enormous connector. Is this the most SF model? Seen people making game consoles out of them.
Enough to power any mechanical ringer made in the 20th century.
@th are you not acquainted with the old Italian phone plug?
@cynicalsecurity @th Wonders if it naturally sits pins up like the UK mains plug does.
@geekylou @cynicalsecurity @th It most definitely did; may still have scars on my soles to attest to that…
@th yes, an uncle of the design guy sold metals so..
@th better safe than sorry
@th First idea: this is a disguised welding machine
@th ah gosh I recall those, I had an "international adapter" set for my pcmcia modem in the 90's... wonder if I can find it, there was another comedy one from somewhere that was like a big chunky phono plug.
@th@social.v.st power over Ethernet back then:
@th Ringing is 100VAC though
@th it's actually impedance matched (/s)
@th j'aimais le minitel
@th Power-over-minitel, just what you need to charge your Autolib' while you drink a short coffee and smoke a long cigarette
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Clearly the French rememeber the Carrington Event!
@th The good old F-010, T-plug was in use as a telephone plug until 2008. French phones had up to 54 V DC, with a work schedule of 48 V, is common in telephone systems. Nominally the ringing voltage was 70 V AC (50 Hz), but in practice it was often ~100 V.
@th @whitequark Well, it does have to drive a CRT…
@th PoP - Power over POTS
@th it is a phone, so this must be a lightning connector, first iteration.
@th "yes"