WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
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WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
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Re: WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
#2It will only be the true 90s Weather Channel when I hear some Rippingtons playing in the background.
Re: WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
#3If you're interested in this, someone on YouTube got a WeatherStar 4000 (device that sat at cable headends and generated the local weather report graphics) and wrote all new firmware to make 90's style weather reports on the real hardware. This was necessary because the original firmware was downloaded over satellite so it's now lost. It looks basically identical to the real Weather Channel from the 90s, except it doesn't have their logo in the corner (I guess for trademark reasons). Here's a stream of his WeatherStar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66mSjXpfD2c
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#4When I visit this site, it just keeps automatically refreshing the homepage over and over every second.
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#5Love it!
Music is a bit too fast, I miss the sleepy jazz feel from the 90s. (=
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#6Nice!
It'd be helpful to have the options stored in the URL, especially the kiosk mode, so it can be bookmarked.
And allow to exit kiosk mode.
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#7It will only be the true 90s Weather Channel when I hear some Rippingtons playing in the background. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaMC-Ug4Jg
I remember instrumental covers of Pink Floyd.
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#8Very neat! I put it in kiosk mode and could almost hear the hum of a CRT.
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#9Nice! It'd be helpful to have the options stored in the URL, especially the kiosk mode, so it can be bookmarked. And allow to exit kiosk mode.
It seems if you left click "Copy Permalink" that the site will generate a massive URL with all of your options. One of them is "settings-kiosk-checkbox". Change it to "true" in your copied URL and that should work.
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#10Looks like this was the original version? https://github.com/vbguyny/ws4kp