limitations of the Apple ][ display hardware. With only 6 available
colors, you can only make out the general shape of the pictures.
-In text mode it displays the output of a command (by default your
-system's fortune program, but can be overridden with \fI\-program\fP).
+In text mode it displays the output of a command or the contents of
+a file or URL (via the default
+.BR xscreensaver-text (1)
+program, which can be overridden with \fI\-program\fP).
In text mode, it is also a fully functional (if anachronistic)
vt100 terminal emulator.
run at the end of a pipe, and any characters that it prints to
\fIstdout\fP will be printed on the Apple ][ display. If the program
exits, it will be launched again after 3 seconds. Default:
-.BR fortune (1).
+.BR xscreensaver-text (1).
In text mode, \fIapple2\fP emulates a vt100 terminal running on a 40x24
uppercase-only screen.
-program 'cat /usr/src/linux*/README | fold -sw40'
apple2 -text -program 'ping apple.com'
apple2 -text -program 'ps -e'
-apple2 -text -program 'od -txCz -w7 /dev/random'
+apple2 -text -program 'od -txCz -w7 /dev/urandom'
apple2 -text -program 'cat /dev/random'
apple2 -text -fast -program 'xemacs -nw -q -f life'
apple2 -text -fast \\
.BR gnome-terminal (1)
terminal emulators:
.EX
-apple2 -fast -program tcsh
+apple2 -text -fast -program tcsh
.EE
.TP 8
.B \-pty
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR xscreensaver (1),
.BR bsod (1),
+.BR xscreensaver-text (1),
.BR fortune (1),
.BR phosphor (1),
.BR starwars (1),