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		teddyh on Oct 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cool-retro-term: A terminal emulator which mimics ... See also “Phosphor”¹, a screen saver part of XScreenSaver², but also usable as a terminal: `/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -delay 0 $SHELL` ① http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZWTrl7pV0 ② http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/

g047f4c3 on Oct 2, 2014 | [–]

Also xscreensaver-data-extra,

  /usr/lib/xscreensaver/apple2 -text -fast -program $SHELL

teddyh on Oct 2, 2014 | | [–]

Working command:

    /usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -scale 2 -delay 0 -program $SHELL

thrownaway2424 on Oct 2, 2014 | [–]

I'd love to know if the authors of this thing were unaware of the 15-year-old phosphor hack, or if they were inspired by it.

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