Scifi Terminals

VHS is a tool for creating GIFs that can be used to demo CLI tools.

But what if we used it to do something different? Like re-create some classic scifi movie scenes. Such as Trinity using NMAP in the Matrix or hacking WOPR in War Games?

The Tapes

This project has some VHS tapes that generate:

• Neo receiving messages from Trinity in the Matrix
• Trinity hacking using NMAP
• Hacking WOPR in War Games
• WOPR realising Thermonuclear war is a mugs game
• Dennis Nedry's terminal in Jurassic Park
• Ripley asking about Special Order 937

There are both GIF and MP4 versions in the gifs folder

Theming

I've done some light theming using VHS support for custom fonts and colour themes.

For the colours I've only usually tweaked the background, foreground and cursor colours. They're not proper themes.

The Fonts

I'm not a font geek, but have resorted to googling to try and identify suitable fonts to use for the different tapes.

Check the Set FontFamily instructions in the .tape files to see how they're set.

For the initial hacking scene in War Games, I used WOPR Tweaked by Lord Nightmare used under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license

For the final scene with WOPR I used Vector VCR by Athalaz used under the Fontstruct Non-Commercial licence

Otherwise I'm just using my default terminal font, "Monospace Regular".

If you can suggest better alternatives, then let me know.

Bugs

Sometimes people make mistak

Report an issue if you like.

Licence

All of this is in the public domain under a CC0 Waiver. Use as you see fit.