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Trevor Blackwell wrote a cool "Apple2" hack for Xscreensaver that doubles as a usable terminal.

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/

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FYI, there's an anti HN referral script happening that redirects to a rude image on imgur.

I fell for that.

Is this the JWZ of "no you have two problems" regex quote? What does he have against HN?

The very same. Also the JWZ of "Unix port of Netscape" fame, and the XEmacs/LucidEmacs fork of GNU Emacs.

He's... not a fan of Y Combinator: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/02/noted-fascist-collaborator-...

(and again, you'll need to copy/paste that link rather than clicking on it)

last I checked it was smaller than 80x24 so although it was 'retro' looking, it wasn't really very compatible with much if you go into full-screen mode (e.g. vi, top, etc)

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