glterminal

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Oh, now, this is cool. There’s been a thread over at arstechnica asking for a full-screen terminal app for Mac OS X, and the guys at that forum unearthed the uber-geeky terminal app “GLTerminal”. GLTerminal emulates a 1970′s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display curvature, and flicker. It even simulates baud rate lag. And! for extra verisimilitude, the character colors can be green or amber.

UPDATE: Kim Slawson has graciously updated the OpenGL character bitmap and Finder icon for Mac OS X 10.5.

Download his updated version here, but make sure to visit his how-to page because the instructions for getting it working have changed a bit (also, he’s got a great blog!). It would still be the Best of All Possible Worlds if original author James McCombe could be convinced to throw the source code on a server somewhere, but that’s his call.

~jeff

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  1. Whomwah.com » Blog Archive » glterminal says:
    March 6, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] people have created a full-screen terminal app of the 1970’s, complete with green screen, delay and monitor distortion. So cool. Only for OS [...]

  2. markus.denhoff.com - terminal content… says:
    March 9, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    [...] to the roots of terminal. Es handelt sich um glterminal ein kleines Programm, was uns kurz in die Vergangenheit katapultiert. Verzerrung, langsame [...]

  3. Nekochan Net • View topic - GL Terminal says:
    March 18, 2008 at 11:41 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] warped simulation, flicker, baud rate slowness and more! And FullScreen mode also! Check it out: http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/ And have [...]

  4. Digitalia – Links For Thursday 20th March 2008 says:
    March 20, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    [...] ldopa.net » archive » glterminal A terminal emulator for OSX that will accurate ape an old school 1970s monitor. I have been after something like this for as long as I’ve had a mac. (tags: OSX terminal retro) ← Links For Wednesday 19th March 2008 [...]

  5. Jnkmail.com :: Currently Enjoying Archives says:
    March 20, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] GLTerminal [...]

  6. SurfBits, Home of the Mac Reviews » Blog Archive » Vintage Terminal Application Enhanced With OpenGL Capabilities says:
    March 24, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] ever created in the first place. The folks over at LDOPA.net have posted a new application called GLTerminal which emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display [...]

  7. SurfBits, Home of the Mac Reviews » Blog Archive » Vintage Terminal Application Enhanced With OpenGL Capabilities says:
    March 24, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] ever created in the first place. The folks over at LDOPA.net have posted a new application called GLTerminal which emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display [...]

  8. Mark says:
    April 3, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    It figures I’d be over two years behind in discovering this fantastic application.

    All I can say now is: thanks a million. I haven’t felt this nostalgic since I first discovered MAME.

    P.S. Wow, was 1200 baud really that slow? I remember when it was the height of technology, lol

  9. ZZtop says:
    April 3, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Great ! Does it simulate also the sound of the old keyboard with big keys and the smell of former computer equipment ? and the flickering ?

  10. Completely OT: GLterminal - Konfabulator Forums says:
    April 7, 2008 at 4:07 am

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] baud rate lag. And! for extra verisimilitude, the character colors can be green or amber."http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/Here is a short film that shows what it looks like, including watching ASCII Star Wars via telnet [...]

  11. iamleeg: Come back, purple button, all is forgiven! says:
    April 11, 2008 at 1:11 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] experience.On the other hand, it’s really bloody useful. Look at apps like WriteRoom or GLTerminal, which go out of their way to get rid of all that other clutter. Or Spaces (or CDE virtual [...]

  12. G(ood)L(ooking) Terminal | factormac.com says:
    April 13, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    [...] | LDOPA.net Lee más sobre: Curiosidades, Historia, Software Etiquetas: [...]

  13. Three Terrific Terminals Tipps | lipflip.org says:
    April 17, 2008 at 4:36 am

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] The distorted, 80 by 24, black and green monitor was flickering like hell. And that’s what my third tip is all about: GLterminal. [...]

  14. Planet GNUstep says:
    April 17, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] experience.On the other hand, it’s really bloody useful. Look at apps like WriteRoom or GLTerminal, which go out of their way to get rid of all that other clutter. Or Spaces (or CDE virtual [...]

  15. Rambler: 'Emulating OSX Dock' (äîêóìåíòîâ: 10) says:
    April 20, 2008 at 9:00 am

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] ldopa.net > archive > glterminal… am we need more fullscreen apps… I hate the OSX menubar and dock. http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/ – Âîññòàíîâèòü òåêñò – ldopa.net [...]

  16. http://berkshirehunt.com/ » Blog Archive » let’s get back to basics… says:
    May 6, 2008 at 12:50 am

    [...] comes as part of gnome can be made full-screen without much hassle, and for mac os x, there’s glterminal, which will do quite a realistic emulation of a knackered old green-screen (if you don’t mind [...]

  17. InsanelyMac Forum > OS X Terminal says:
    May 25, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] the comments, too. Note: This is for the old time geeks like me:http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/ This is a “lo-fi” version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, [...]

  18. Fullscreen Terminal - Mac-Forums.com says:
    June 5, 2008 at 9:30 am

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] don’t know how usuable this in practice but it’s nice,GLTerminal . It’s just an app that gives you a terminal but can emulate old CRT computer screens (white, green [...]

  19. Recomendando una aplicación por día para OSX - Página 2 - Foros de CHW says:
    June 11, 2008 at 9:48 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] Emula un terminal de 1970! Incluso con la curvatura del monitor, fallas en el brillo, etc etc. GLTerminal Escrinchot: __________________ just works… Editado por nachX en 24-abr-2007 a las [...]

  20. MetaChat - GLTerminal says:
    July 4, 2008 at 3:32 am

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] February 2006 GLTerminal emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display curvature, [...]

  21. Hackerdude » Blog Archive » Miss computing in the 70’s? Relive them in your top of the line mac says:
    July 19, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] ldopa.net » archive » glterminal [...]

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    August 10, 2008 at 4:18 pm

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  23. blog says:
    September 20, 2008 at 5:46 am

    [...] comes as part of gnome can be made full-screen without much hassle, and for mac os x, there’s glterminal, which will do quite a realistic emulation of a knackered old green-screen (if you don’t mind [...]

  24. evden eve nakliyat says:
    September 25, 2008 at 5:51 am

    February 2006 GLTerminal emulates a 1970?s terminal monitor,

  25. Introduce Yourself - Australian Gamer Forums says:
    September 27, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] on my old XT.I'm half tempted to track down one for yet another old-games boxes.That said, this covers that kind of eyestrain nostalgia pretty well. ——————– expect problems [...]

  26. wetwebwork says:
    October 4, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    Kramer auto Pingback[...] posts tagged with: flicker (1)2006-02-02 emulate a 1970’s terminal monitor (with Mac OS X) 18:03 | tags: emulate 1970’s terminal monitor brightness warped display curvature flicker [...]

  27. sohbet says:
    August 4, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    THANX ADMIN.

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