I had one of the original terminals then used a PC version until XP by which time the Net had replaced even the Minitel Rose. Googling “Tumblr” and your favourite fetiche produces something slightly more inspiring than the Minitel’s giant pixels.
France felt pretty hi-tech in the 80s, the TGV with orange and brown deco, the brown minitel, chair lifts up to high-altitude, avant-garde resorts with orange and brown appartements (mine still is), the 205 GTI, catholic women on the pill, FM radio (and chasing the channels before RDS), the first snow boards, Voltige clothing… .