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Websites, software, games, fads, memes, or any general happenings that used to occur or had originated on computers 20+ years ago.

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cool-retro-term: terminal emulator mimicing old cathode displays

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available via homebrew with:
brew install --cask cool-retro-term

according to the github, most distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora or Arch already have the package cool-retro-term in their official repositories

cool-retro-term screenshot of cowsay saying hello lemmy

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I use it a lot. It's very good at emulating the screen I used on a VT220 for a long time. Has all kinds of effects settings, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can load your monospaced fonts on Cool-Retro-Term. Naked UNIX!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It is possible to display ANSI art.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just added support for this to https://github.com/bkw777/mainline LOVE IT

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I daily drive this as my main terminal emulator both at work and at home, feels like living in a cyberpunk fantasy. Such a cool project.