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

What s new:
Terminal:
Huge improvements in emulation accuracy
Cathode passes all the layout tests in attest
Lots of bugs fixed
Prompt never appears on the wrong line

Display:
Option to use a custom fullscreen mode that s nicer than Lion s
Framerate slider
Positional window perspective can be disabled
Nicer mouse cursor