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Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
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Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#12In a modern world where we backlight semiconductors to produce high dpi screens, it almost feels weird to think we used to fire electron guns towards our eyes. I was always partial to the amber screen. Has anyone recently played with an old Asteroids cabinet? The screen is a black and white CRT. When you fire a missile, the screen effect is insanely bright. I'd forgotten just how intense that was. I can't wait until…
Asteroids was a vector game, interesting technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_%28video_game%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_monitor
Better resolution and frames per second than modern games :)
Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#13As an old cathode display user, I'd really like to have a terminal emulator which mimics the modern LCD display.
Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#14Reminds of "Cathode" app for OSX: http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ it seems they have an iOS version now too that lets you SSH to your servers. Also I believe the demo version would appear as tho the cathode screen was about to fail and get worse and worse.
Cool-retro-term and this are awesome! It's like Instagram for the terminal!
Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#15Reminds of "Cathode" app for OSX: http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ it seems they have an iOS version now too that lets you SSH to your servers. Also I believe the demo version would appear as tho the cathode screen was about to fail and get worse and worse.
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#16Looks pretty good! In reality[1] the "CRT effect" isn't quite so intense, but I think that's just down to settings. This definitely has the right glowy and slightly-fuzzy feel to it.
[1] My Wyse-55: http://i.imgur.com/7x2JdmV.jpg
Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#17Just a quick glance at those screenshots and I'm instantly transported twenty years into the past, sitting in the campus computer lab printing out a report at 3 a.m. the day it's due.
It's weird how the brain works.
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#18thats metal as fuck
Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#19This has been reposted many times both here and on reddit.
Re: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display
#20See also “Phosphor”¹, a screen saver part of XScreenSaver², but also usable as a terminal:
/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -delay 0 $SHELL