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https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term is pretty good at emulating the old terminals, from memory the DOS stuff is pretty close to what the old CGA's mono monitors looked like.

comment by noir_lord · 2020-12-24 · in Raster CRT Typography (According to Dec)

…s://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24398456 . As for exaggerated curvature, surely we've all run across https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term by now?

comment by 082349872349872 · 2020-09-16 · in Writing for Snobs

Every time old fonts come up, I have to mention Cool Retro Term: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term Sorry for the music in this video, but cool-retro-term really is a thing of beauty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWx7REAQ2MY

comment by VikingCoder · 2020-05-13 · in Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs

Looks cool! Obligatory note: Cool Retro Term (CRT) https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term is pretty cool ;)

comment by yboris · 2020-04-08 · in A Commodore 64 Skin for Windows Terminal

Related for work: Cool Retro Term (CRT) - an actual retro terminal for your day! https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by yboris · 2020-03-25 · in Show HN: Skynet Simulator

https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by andrepd · 2020-01-09 · in The Oldschool PC Font Pack

…both overheat and throttle if I use the nvidia graphics card :/ It's a really cool terminal though: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by the_pwner224 · 2019-11-01 · in Htop Explained

Those who want this look (or other retro looks) in a terminal [1] [1] https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by Fnoord · 2019-10-21 · in Daily blue light shortens lifespan, causes brain neurodegeneration in Drosophila

…some super swanky terminals and emulators that have that part already done Like 'cool-retro-term': https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by Vel0cityX · 2019-09-14 · in Color Emulation

This pairs very neatly with cool-retro-term[1] :-) [1]: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by hnarn · 2019-08-28 · in WTF – A personal information dashboard for your terminal

…). +1 if I could use the terminal emulator of my choice so cool-retro-term ( https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term ) could make it look like the screen is about to melt.

comment by cptnapalm · 2019-08-28 · in WTF – A personal information dashboard for your terminal

Similar project is cool-retro-term [1] although I think the defaults are a little over the top. [1] https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by edejong · 2019-03-30 · in Raster CRT Typography According to DEC

…but if you're looking for a little nostalgia you might get a kick out of Cool Retro Term ( https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term )

comment by Ardon · 2019-03-04 · in PCjs Machines

…just to break out of mental ruts. In the past I’ve used Cool Retro Term for its funky looks. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by danielvf · 2019-01-09 · in eDEX-UI – A science fiction terminal emulator designed for large touchscreens

…features. Emulation can be a little strange. But it's cross-platform and a metric ass ton of fun. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term And if you push the settings right, you can use it to convince the procurement department that…

comment by reaperducer · 2018-07-28 · in iTerm2 has a new drawing engine that uses Metal 2

…to another poster they have a Mac version available on their GitHub page. I checked and they do. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by smhenderson · 2018-06-28 · in Cool Retro Terminal

The project’s Github page is a better link: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term It’s available for Mac even though the blog post doesn’t mention it.

comment by WalterGR · 2018-06-28 · in Cool Retro Terminal

See also crt: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by shmerl · 2018-05-15 · in DOSbox-CRT

Never fear, you're already covered: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by angus-g · 2018-04-24 · in Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

Here is a link to the github repo with the images and codebase: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by 2fifty3 · 2018-03-16 · in Google Cloud Platform’s new interactive CLI

There's another one called "cool retro term" that will run on more operating systems. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by Something1234 · 2017-12-11 · in Creating a Christmas card on a vintage IBM 1401 mainframe

…emulation either. Maybe you could pipe things through `pv` with the `-L` flag to limit speed? [0]: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by angus-g · 2017-07-19 · in Terminal and shell performance

…manager and saw there's also an open-source cathode terminal emulator that also supports Linux: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by majewsky · 2017-06-28 · in Typecasting: The Use and Misuse of Period Typography in Movies (2001)

The demo video reminded me of WarGames :) Made a short video using https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term to get an even more 70s/80s feel, but some of the characters don't come out too well... http://vimeo.com/215864177

comment by mgkimsal · 2017-05-03 · in MapSCII – Braille and ASCII map renderer for the console

CRT (cool-retro-term) is a nice, free alternative to Cathode and runs on Linux too. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by jevinskie · 2017-02-24 · in A curated list of Terminal frameworks, plugins and resources

Very similar to Cathode, and free: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by carlesfe · 2016-03-28 · in Accurate CRT Simulation

Or you could just run cool-retro-term[1] for the similar visual effect. [1]: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by shmerl · 2016-03-22 · in Integrating a VT220 into my life

There's https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by JonnieCache · 2016-02-03 · in The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack

This project also have a good collection https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by Elv13 · 2016-02-03 · in The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack

…simply typing `apt-get install 3270font`. Go, try it. http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font ;-)

comment by rbanffy · 2015-08-30 · in Hack: A typeface designed for source code

Using this together with cool-retro-term ( https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term ) produces quite awesome results: http://imgur.com/gallery/i1LtkK7/

comment by jonasrosland · 2015-03-27 · in Termui – Go terminal dashboard

Looks like a known issue: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/issues/203 The Command key seems to act like the control key.

comment by pavel_lishin · 2015-02-23 · in Cool-retro-term

…download the OSX dmg here, I almost missed it since it's at the very bottom of the instructions: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/releases

comment by jmckib · 2015-02-23 · in Cool-retro-term

Alternately, there is 'cool-retro-term': https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

comment by stevenrace · 2014-12-22 · in Usenet, updated in real time as it was thirty years ago

Check out the nice collection of fonts too. :-) https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/tree/master/a... I've been playing with them in iTerm2 and having flashbacks.

comment by kator · 2014-10-02 · in Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display

It packages up a nice collection of vintage fonts for use in other applications: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/tree/master/a...

comment by k2enemy · 2014-10-02 · in Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display

There is a osx branch ( https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term/tree/osx ) that compiles.

comment by sschueller · 2014-10-02 · in Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display

I'm late, but there is now a similar *nix terminal emulator: https://github.com/Swordifish90/cool-old-term

comment by kps · 2014-08-03 · in EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable Display Editor (1981)

…you can just run the following: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2 -text -fast -bs -program bash [1] https://github.com/Swordifish90/cool-old-term

comment by gerbal · 2014-07-03 · in Cathode vintage terminal