Anything like this for Linux?

zowki · 2010-02-11 14:52:27

I found glterminal for Mac:
http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/

Is there anything similair to Linux? I not I was thinking of writing one using the SDL graphics library.

Dieter@be · 2010-02-11 14:59:32

yuck. wtf. must be slow also

tomd123 · 2010-02-11 15:11:47

"It even simulates baud rate lag."
No thanks

zowki · 2010-02-11 15:17:30

Baud rate lag is good, it gives you time to read messages without them whizzing pass the scrollback.

hidefromkgb · 2010-02-11 15:24:16

I think "XAnalogTV" and some other X screensavers like "Apple2" share a common library for displaying such effects (CRT ray sync glitches, "snow" on screen, simulated CRT-like pixel grid, variable RGB horizontal shift and so on).
Guess that video output can somehow be piped through it (thus, you can get any terminal working in such "mode" ).

xterm wrote:

$ ldd /usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fffe57ff000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x00007f182961f000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f18292e6000)
libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x00007f18290cd000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f1828ebb000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f1828c3a000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f1828a37000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f18286e0000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x00007f18284d8000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00007f18282bd000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f18280a2000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f1827e9e000)
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f1829882000)
libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f1827c9a000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f1827a98000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f1827893000)

something amongst these...

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tomd123 · 2010-02-11 17:06:58

zowki wrote:

Baud rate lag is good, it gives you time to read messages without them whizzing pass the scrollback.

ctrl+s and there are other ways too

funkyou · 2010-02-11 18:29:27

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -program 'bash'

It should also work with apple2. These hacks have pty and vt100 support since 2004, have fun

skottish · 2010-02-12 00:39:31

Nothing a gallon of Jack Daniel's and a tube of model airplane glue couldn't simulate.

Misfit138 · 2010-02-12 02:27:32

Very cool. I like this.

Skripka · 2010-02-12 02:29:48

skottish wrote:

Nothing a gallon of Jack Daniel's and a tube of model airplane glue couldn't simulate.

It wouldn't be funny if it were not true...

n0dix · 2010-02-12 03:40:59

i like that!, If there is an app i want to know.

tavianator · 2010-02-12 05:21:20

funkyou wrote:

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -program 'bash'
It should also work with apple2. These hacks have pty and vt100 support since 2004, have fun

You might want "-delay 1000" or something, otherwise it's slow as molasses (9 seconds to render my $PS1). That's pretty awesome though, I'm considering making it my new default terminal emulator

R00KIE · 2010-02-12 10:57:07

It's amazing that people wanted to move away from crts because of all those problems, now someone wants to emulate all the defects of the really old crts ... it's fun to watch but must be a pain to use.

zowki · 2010-02-12 11:43:00

R00KIE wrote:

It's amazing that people wanted to move away from crts because of all those problems, now someone wants to emulate all the defects of the really old crts ... it's fun to watch but must be a pain to use.

I'm very much in love with retro computing. Having been born too late and missing the 8 bit microcomputing era makes me sad.

hidefromkgb · 2010-02-12 13:47:45

funkyou wrote:

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -program 'bash'
It should also work with apple2. These hacks have pty and vt100 support since 2004, have fun

Hm... I shouldn't have skipped the manpage.
Since now, my default terminal emulator is

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2 -text -program 'bash'

Thanks, funkyou!

[UPD:] Oh, sh—! It's a pain to watch how hard Midnight Commander tries to redraw

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zowki · 2010-02-12 14:33:07

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -program 'bash'

I really like this one a lot. Its just missing the CRT glitches to make it look truly old school.

moljac024 · 2010-02-12 19:20:14

zowki wrote:

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -program 'bash'
I really like this one a lot. Its just missing the CRT glitches to make it look truly old school.

lol try running mc in that

fsckd · 2010-02-12 22:48:47

If you want to be retro and old school, do away with the monitor entirely and get a line printer.

Anikom15 · 2010-02-12 23:19:29

IMO It's a good thing you missed the 8-bit era. You learned to NOT pay for software. This newer generation of pc users have all the free software they need!

Acecero · 2010-02-12 23:30:16

If you want apple2 old school, why not find an emulator for that, and enjoy what's "virtually" real old school.

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Misfit138 · 2010-02-14 01:29:46

Where I started:
c64screen%5B1%5D_3.gif

skottish · 2010-02-14 01:56:38

Ah, the Commodore 64. That was an awesome machine.

mrunion · 2010-02-14 01:58:52

Ditto, Misfit138. That's where I started myself.

sand_man · 2010-02-15 06:11:18

mrunion wrote:

Ditto, Misfit138. That's where I started myself.

Me too. That was my first taste of programming!

Lich · 2010-02-15 07:49:50

Misfit138 wrote:

Where I started:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/content/b … 1%5D_3.gif

Guess we're arch enemies, since THIS is where I started

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