Introduction: How to Watch Star Wars in Terminal
Hello! My first instructable!!!
Windows and Linux versions coming soon.
This does not work in Windows 7 I am not sure about Vista
BTW This will not damage your computer
Step 1: Open Terminal
Go to spotlight and type: Terminal
Then click to open
Step 2: Set the Theme to "Homebrew"
Step 3: Type the Command
Type: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
Hit enter
Step 4: There You Go! Star Wars
Easy as pie! Star Wars! There are no play, pause, etc. controls
16 Comments
Question 4 years ago on Step 3
mine says command not found
Answer 2 years ago
First get HomeBrew, then "brew install telnet" then use this command and it will work
5 years ago
My mac says" Trying 94.142.241.111..." Is that normal?
5 years ago
"Connection closed by foreign host" is all my mac says when I type in this command. Anyone here who could help me?
7 years ago on Introduction
Works in Ubuntu linux as well because MAC is just a glorified version of Linux
Reply 6 years ago
Actually, Mac uses the Darwin kernel, base on BSD
6 years ago on Introduction
This is cool!
Any way to kill it other than shutting down the Terminal?
8 years ago on Introduction
LOL cool I dont own a mac though...
Reply 7 years ago on Introduction
You can do it on Windows too, the process is quite similar, just open cmd and type pkgmgr /iu"TelnetClient" (hit enter) and then restart cmd. Next type Telnet (hit enter) O (hit enter) and finally type towel.blinkenlights.nl and press enter, and you're done!
8 years ago
Cool
10 years ago on Step 4
...or use the java applet here
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
ya thats great but you don't have the classic matrix green font
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
True true.
Ah, those days of green screens, saving to audio cassettes and loading times measured in hours!
10 years ago on Introduction
I think It's funny to see star wars on a mac : )
10 years ago on Introduction
Funny …
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
what's so funny?