The Unix Haters' Handbook

[Joachim Thiemann]

>  > >  > I require a third opion:   You can read the screen.
>  > >  > I am not a fan of tiny fonts, reading glasses is a must for me.

Mac users can always use glterminal for kicks :-)
http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/

On linux & friends, if you have certain bits of xscreensaver installed, try

/usr/lib/xscreensaver/phosphor -program bash -scale 2 -delay 1

(I think there is a way to do this with the apple2 screensaver as well...)

Joe.