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

[b]Version 0.9.8:[b]

Features:
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion-style fullscreen experience.
Shift + page up/down now work like in Terminal.app.
Locale environment variables can be disabled.
Open any image file to generate ascii art.
Bug fixes:
Keyboard combos for international characters have been restored.
Cursor disappearing bug has been fixed.
Issuing an exit command in a fullscreen window now works.
Terminal emulation continues to improve