Cathode 1.0.0 | Mac Os X | 2.7 MB
Cathode is a graphically rich vintage terminal emulator.
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.
Beautiful Bitmaps
Choose from a handful of classic bitmap fonts, or, use a modern one already installed on your machine. Turn up the interlace for extra authenticity.
Look and Feel
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.
Wear and Tear
Watch the strange dance of beam desyncs and shifting colors. Turn up the noise, jitter, and flicker to add a realistic warmth.
Full-Screen Mode
Disregard thirty years of GUI advancement by immersing yourself in full-screen mode. Impress curious onlookers at internet cafes.
Technology
Written in modern OpenGL and Cocoa for a thoroughly Mac-like experience. Most of the app’s processing is done on the GPU.
Requirements
Intel Mac
Mac OS 10.6 +
OpenGL 2.0 or later
Unsupported:
Intel GMA 950/X3100
ATI Radeon X1600/X1900
Version 1.0.0:
Cyrillic:
Cyrillic glyphs are now available.
Classic fonts have been updated.
Performance Improvements:
New multi-threaded renderer gives smoother framerates.
CPU and battery utilization have been reduced.
Window resizing feels like butter.
Fullscreen and background windows are less taxing on the system.
Other:
Fixed some minor rendering glitches.
Fixed a bug that had broken function keys.
Fixed a bug that was preventing individual sounds from being disabled.
Added a setting to disable all sounds.