Bask in the glow of over-bright phosphors that flash on and slowly fade away. Customize the screen's curvature, colors, and transparency. Slow the bit-rate to a crawl. Watch the strange dance of beam desyncs and shifting colors. Turn up the noise, jitter, and flicker to add a realistic warmth. Immerse yourself in full-screen mode.
What's New
Version 1.2.0:
General:
Open URLs by command double-clicking
Scrollbars can be hidden when not using the mouse/trackpad
Key repeat is back
Drag and drop reflection image in preferences
Scrolling now works smoothly in background windows
Terminal:
256 colors
Blinking text
Underlined text
ASCII line drawing characters
Set TERM (xterm/xterm-color/xterm-256color) from the preferences
Better emulation, especially in Midnight Commander
Effects:
New Overbright slider that is separate from Glow
Other monitor properties have been renamed
Version 1.2.0:
General:
Open URLs by command double-clicking
Scrollbars can be hidden when not using the mouse/trackpad
Key repeat is back
Drag and drop reflection image in preferences
Scrolling now works smoothly in background windows
Visually stunning. Only complaint (so far): it constantly uses around 28% CPU on my 2010 Core i7 MBP. Enough of a load to have the fan audibly ramp up, and the left rear corner get uncomfortably warm for regular (all day) usage.
This is a really fun toy! I can't say that I'm going to take the plunge to buy it, but it is a great novelty. Not as functional as I would need it to be to replace Terminal or iTerm, but great job guys nonetheless!
There is nothing like playing a shell game like Nethack or one of the Infocom emulators on an 80's style TTY emulator. GL Terminal was very good, but is now unsupported, and acts kind of wonky at times.
It's wonderful to see this polished application. It has a wonderful set of controls to customize appearance -- all of the retro TTY goodness you desire is available. It's a fine price for a stable piece of software!
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Cathode is a graphically-rich, vintage terminal.
Bask in the glow of over-bright phosphors that flash on and slowly fade away. Customize the screen's curvature, colors, and transparency. Slow the bit-rate to a crawl. Watch the strange dance of beam desyncs and shifting colors. Turn up the noise, jitter, and flicker to add a realistic warmth. Immerse yourself in full-screen mode.
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Hal Itosis reviewed on 28 Feb 2012
Can we cut back on the clock somehow?
-HI-
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ylluminate reviewed on 22 Feb 2012
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Ecdltf reviewed on 29 Jan 2011
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+68
Dylan-Mcnamee reviewed on 19 Jan 2011
It's wonderful to see this polished application. It has a wonderful set of controls to customize appearance -- all of the retro TTY goodness you desire is available. It's a fine price for a stable piece of software!
+68
Dylan-Mcnamee rated on 22 Feb 2012
garykn rated on 10 Oct 2011