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Re:Creating a Christmas card on a vintage IBM 1401 mainframe by LeoPanthera on Sunday December 10, 2017 @04:24PM (#15893575)
> The slowly fading green glow of the phosphors was magical to me, as was the way each letter was composed of visible dots.

If you have nostalgia for phosphor, but don't want a huge, hot, CRT in your office, and you have Mac, check out the terminal emulator "Cathode": http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/

(No association. I just like the product.) It's extremely configurable, you can simulate a wide variety of tubes in various states of (dis)repair.

Probably the perfect way to play nethack.

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Re:Creating a Christmas card on a vintage IBM 1401 mainframe by Something1234 on Sunday December 10, 2017 @08:40PM (#15894601)
There's another one called "cool retro term" that will run on more operating systems.

https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

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Re:Creating a Christmas card on a vintage IBM 1401 mainframe by cr0sh on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:56PM (#15900886)
Couple with this font for a true retro feel:

http://sensi.org/~svo/glasstty/

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