[HN Gopher] Recreating sci-fi terminals using VHS
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       Recreating sci-fi terminals using VHS
        
       Author : zoenolan
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2022-11-08 21:14 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (blog.ldodds.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (blog.ldodds.com)
        
       | ZeroGravitas wrote:
       | That's cool.
        
       | LesZedCB wrote:
       | I used to use cool retro term just for the vibes
       | 
       | https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term
        
       | f0e4c2f7 wrote:
       | Well these are just delightful. Will likely wind up using one or
       | two of them somewhere. Thanks for sharing.
        
       | jmbwell wrote:
       | cw: ranting, old man shakes fist at cloud
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       | First, "Datassette" has nothing to do with tape-based storage for
       | the C64, and now "VHS" has nothing to do with tape-based storage
       | for video.
       | 
       | This is a nice project with cool results, but we're not out of
       | names for things. Is nothing sacred?
        
         | classichasclass wrote:
         | I was kind of hoping we were using analysis of VHS movie frames
         | to accurately reconstruct those movie terminal interfaces. But
         | it's still interesting work.
        
         | skyyler wrote:
         | It seems too obvious to state but...
         | 
         | No, nothing is sacred. Burn your idols.
        
         | bee_rider wrote:
         | Similarly, nowadays tar is only very rarely used to archive to
         | tapes.
         | 
         | Actually it is not really that similar because I think this VHS
         | command is pretty recent and was never used to record to actual
         | VHS, but it is still a funny contrast.
        
         | switchbak wrote:
         | It took me far too long to understand what you were saying. I
         | actually thought he was recording and playing back his terminal
         | via an actual VHS and thought ... jeesh these kids really pine
         | for the 80's!
         | 
         | Nope ... more overlaying different words in different contexts.
         | We need a commune for old neckbeards that want out of this
         | crazyness.
        
       | tunnuz wrote:
       | I literally just finished rewatching WarGames! Synchronicity!
        
         | ldodds wrote:
         | I hadn't noticed the "Sometimes people make mistak" line on the
         | console before until I put the script together.
        
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