Minitel 1980s Terminal Runs Mistral AI via Raspberry Pi at 1200 Baud
June 21, 2026
A Raspberry Pi hidden inside a Minitel chassis routes keystrokes to Mistral AI and renders responses on the original CRT at 1200 baud. The project is fully open source with build instructions at minitel-gpt.herard.com, and includes a web interface for Wi-Fi config and system prompt customization.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can fork the open-source code as a reference for integrating Mistral API into constrained serial-terminal hardware projects.