Cathode vintage terminal(secretgeometry.com)
secretgeometry.com
Cathode vintage terminal
http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/
7 comments
Unfortunately the 9 dollar price and the lack of assurance that this is not just a toy doesn't make me very compelled to buy it. Would have thought more about it if it were something like $1, though.
Yeah, I paid The $9 pricetag thinking it would be something other than a toy. And while it looks nice, and is fun to play with for a while; I haven't really found much utility for it where day-to-day work is concerned.
It is really slick looking though!
It is really slick looking though!
But it is a proper terminal.
There is a linux Open Source QT based project that is quite similar [1].
Or, if you have xscreensaver installed you can just run the following:
Or, if you have xscreensaver installed you can just run the following:
/usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2 -text -fast -bs -program bash
Nice emulator, but I'd love to have the real thing, a genuine old-school monochrome monitor, the kind that you used with a Hercules graphics card. Those monitors were so easy on the eyes. You could stare at Pascal all day. Figuring out the details of making it work is one of my 'someday' projects.
I was the first upvote--did not notice the cost and would not have upvoted had I known. I do love its looks.
Does this tie display speed to a selectable baud rate?
it looks cool, but I don't like the idea of paying for a terminal that hurts your eyes
Also, the way the demo "expires" was creative. The static and flicker effects just get worse and worse until it's unusable.