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Recreating sci-fi terminals using VHS

Leigh Dodds Fun, Uncategorized November 8, 2022 1 Minute

I heard about VHS recently. It's a tool for creating recordings of
command-line tools, so you can create little demos and tutorials
about how to use them.

You can write a script to run commands, manipulate and theme the
terminal and produce output in a range of formats.

I started thinking about how I could enhance some of the technical
documentation I've been writing recently with little videos. It'd be
a nice way to provide an alternative way for people to learn a
process or a new tool.

But then I realised I could use it to do something much more fun:
recreate some scenes from some sci-fi films.

So I give you sci-fi terminals. A little github repo with some VHS
tapes that produce the following output.

Neo receiving messages from Trinity in the Matrix

[matrix-neo]

Trinity hacking using NMAP

[matrix-tri]

Dennis Nedry's terminal in Jurassic Park

[jurassic-p]

Hacking WOPR in War Games

[war-games-]

WOPR realising Thermonuclear war is a mugs game

[war-games-]

Ripley asking about Special Order 937

[alien-spec]

Check the repo if you're interested in how the tapes work. I'm pretty
pleased with the results!

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Published November 8, 2022

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