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SOFTWARE PROJECTS

SOFTWARE PROJECTS

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Welcome, digital wanderer.

You have reached the workshop of Jimmy Labbé — a space where
old technology meets modern code, where Minitel terminals
speak SSH, and where serial ports come back to life.

Below is a catalog of my public software projects hosted on
GitHub. Open source, experimental, nostalgic. All free to use.

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[0x01] MAIN HANGAR — SOURCE CODE

https://github.com/labbej27 <<<

This is the gate. Everything I code eventually ends up there.
Sometimes stable, sometimes chaotic — always fun.

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[0x02] PROJECTS INDEX

SSH-SERIAL

  • Repo: https://github.com/labbej27/sshserial

  • Purpose:
    Serial-over-SSH communication utility.
    Ideal for interacting with retro hardware from modern systems.

  • Features:

  • Lightweight and straightforward

  • Remote device access via SSH

  • Great for workshops, maintenance or hacking sessions

SSH-MINITEL

  • Repo: https://github.com/labbej27/sshminitel

  • Concept:
    Connect a real Minitel terminal to remote systems using SSH.

  • Why?
    Because terminals shouldn't die — they should evolve.

  • Good for:

  • Retro telematics

  • Demonstrations + exhibitions

  • Tinkering with vintage tech

MINITEL SLIDESHOW TOOL

WEBSOCKET MINITEL GATEWAY

  • Repo: https://github.com/labbej27/websocket-minitel

  • Goal:
    Bridge a Minitel terminal with modern web apps through WebSockets.

  • Basically:
    A portal from 1980 to 2025.

  • Enables:

  • Browser → Minitel communication

  • Network-controlled retro displays

  • Live demos with modern servers

MINITEL PROJECT HUB (Showcase Website)

  • Website: https://labbej27.github.io

  • Content:
    A visual hub that presents my Minitel-related work.

  • Perfect if you want:

  • Quick project overview

  • Documentation & links in one place

  • To dive into French telecommunication history via code

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[0x03] WHY RETRO?

Because obsolete doesn't mean dead.
Because old machines still speak — you just have to listen.
Because reviving forgotten tech is a form of digital archaeology.

My work tries to connect the past to the present,
wire by wire, byte by byte.

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[0x04] CONTRIBUTIONS & COLLABS

Forks, issues, PRs — all welcome.

If you build something cool with these tools,
please share it. Retro hackers unite.

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[0x05] ROADMAP (or dreams… who knows?)

  • More Minitel experiments

  • Retro network protocols reimagined

  • Live exhibitions & telematic art

  • Interactive web retro interfaces

  • Code written just for the fun of it

If the 80s could surf the web, it would probably look like this.

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Jimmy Labbé (LABBEJ27)
Github: https://github.com/labbej27
Website: https://labbej27.github.io