Cathode

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.

 

Fully Featured :

– Fast and Accurate Emulation

– Dynamic Scrollback Buffer

– 256 Colors

– Unicode*

– 12 Retro Fonts

 

Great Mac Integration :

– Drag and Drop Files

– Customizable Keyboard

– Mouse Copy/Paste

– Command-Click to Open URLs

– Save/Recall Favorite Commands

 

Special Effects :

– Choose from a large collection of themes spanning every era.

– Tweak to your heart’s content with a dozen real-time sliders.

– Effects include screen curvature, burn-in, scan-lines, and transparency.

– Glowing halos simulate the human eye’s reaction to intense brightness.

– Slow down the bitrate like an old modem.

 

Dirty Details :

– The quirks of old electronics are charming to the modern eye.

– Watch the strange dance of horizontal desyncs and splitting colors.

– Turn up the static, jitter, and flicker to add an analog warmth.

– Pixels burn-in and slowly fade away when turned off.

– Slow-motion retrace lines show the picture being refreshed.

 

Hyperrealism :

– Cathode’s many lifelike touches constantly surprise and delight.

– Ray tubes burst open in new windows and bounce as they’re moved.

– Dynamic perspective, lighting, and shadows raise the bar for app visuals.

– Customizable sound effects highlight your interactions.

– Use an image or webcam photo as glass reflection.

 

Full-Screen Experience :

– Immerse yourself and disregard thirty years of user interface progress.

– Impress curious onlookers at work, school, or the cafe.

– Zoom in on virtual pixels for blocky resolutions.

– Works great with multiple monitor setups.

– Hide the clutter of modern computing.

 

But Wait, There’s More! :

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