Cathode vintage terminal

http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/

by sosuke • 12 years ago

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terabytest• 12 years ago

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.

escapologybb• 12 years ago

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!

swah• 12 years ago

But it is a proper terminal.

valarauca1• 12 years ago

Does this tie display speed to a selectable baud rate?

k2enemy• 12 years ago

yes: http://www.secretgeometry.com/media/screenshot14.jpg

jrlocke• 12 years ago

I was the first upvote--did not notice the cost and would not have upvoted had I known. I do love its looks.

sebular• 12 years ago

Saw this a couple years ago and downloaded the demo. Even though I think $9 is dreaming for something like this, it was pretty cool.

Also, the way the demo "expires" was creative. The static and flicker effects just get worse and worse until it's unusable.

gerbal• 12 years ago

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:

  /usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2 -text -fast -bs -program bash

[1] https://github.com/Swordifish90/cool-old-term

alekratz• 12 years ago

it looks cool, but I don't like the idea of paying for a terminal that hurts your eyes

celticjames• 12 years ago

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.

Cathode vintage terminal

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