This is by far the coolest thing I've seen in months. Kudos!
Now, excuse me while I find my Def Leppard cassette tape and turn up my collar.
Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
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Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#32It looks old, it looks comical, but I KNOW WHAT TO DO! Less pixels, and less colours, means greater usability! This is the greatest application of Bootstrap I have ever seen. It is a shame that more websites don't look like this (in all seriousness).
I like the concept, but it hurts my eyes and, more importantly, is a constant reminder of the imminent blue screen of death
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
What makes this VGA rather than CGA text mode? (VGA is from 1987, by the way. :) )
I think it's actually EGA, but it's definitely not CGA. CGA only supports 4 colours and you can tell immediately from the dark blue that it's not CGA, because that's not one of the 4. There are also at least 5 colours shown, all of which happen to be from the standard EGA palette. VGA generally used the same text modes as EGA and very few people actually had an EGA, so referring to it as a VGA mode is an understandab…
> CGA only supports 4 colours
In graphics modes.
In text mode it supported 16 IIRC: black, white, two greys and two shades of 6 colours.
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#34It might be more accurate to call this a simulation of vga text mode -- more early 90s than 1980s. Still, very cool.
What makes this VGA rather than CGA text mode? (VGA is from 1987, by the way. :) )
Whenever you see more than 4 colors on the screen simultaneously it kind of removes the CGA feel although there were hacks around it.
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
What makes this VGA rather than CGA text mode? (VGA is from 1987, by the way. :) )
I think it's actually EGA, but it's definitely not CGA. CGA only supports 4 colours and you can tell immediately from the dark blue that it's not CGA, because that's not one of the 4. There are also at least 5 colours shown, all of which happen to be from the standard EGA palette. VGA generally used the same text modes as EGA and very few people actually had an EGA, so referring to it as a VGA mode is an understandab…
I had MCGA in 1987 on an IBM PS2 and it could do that.
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#36It looks old, it looks comical, but I KNOW WHAT TO DO! Less pixels, and less colours, means greater usability! This is the greatest application of Bootstrap I have ever seen. It is a shame that more websites don't look like this (in all seriousness).
Given the increasing complexity of the web plus nostalgia, I'm seriously surprised that there's no actual distributed BBS/Minitel/BTX thing going on.
With API-driven backends (webapps, esp. SPA's, mobile apps), it would probably be easy enough to shoe-horn in some glorious ANSI interface...
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
What makes this VGA rather than CGA text mode? (VGA is from 1987, by the way. :) )
Whenever you see more than 4 colors on the screen simultaneously it kind of removes the CGA feel although there were hacks around it.
That's just in graphics mode though, in text mode CGA had 16 colors I believe.
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#38Looks pretty awesome. I'm a little disappointed that the cursor wasn't turned into a block though.
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#39It looks old, it looks comical, but I KNOW WHAT TO DO! Less pixels, and less colours, means greater usability! This is the greatest application of Bootstrap I have ever seen. It is a shame that more websites don't look like this (in all seriousness).
I like the concept, but it hurts my eyes and, more importantly, is a constant reminder of the imminent blue screen of death
Blue screen of death 404!
Re: Bootstra.386 – A Bootstrap theme from the 1980s
#40This put such a huge smile on my face.
I was having a shit day, but now it's awesome. Thank you!
P.S. I will go build like 9 websites using this immediately.