tty0 · cipher playground
A phosphor terminal of sample ciphers and snippets. Morse on the wire. Binary on the bus. No editor runtime — the samples are already printed.
/dev/tty · encode --cipher morse
session · static sample
root@therobot:~$ encode --cipher morse "THE ROBOT CODES" - .... . / .-. --- -... --- - / -.-. --- -.. . ... root@therobot:~$ encode --cipher binary "CODES" 01000011 01001111 01000100 01000101 01010011 root@therobot:~$
samples · css tabs · no runtime
Four printed encodings of the same idea. Tabs are radio buttons — no client script. Pick a cipher; read the snippet.
morse.cw · word space = /
# sample — not an editor TX THE ROBOT CODES CW - .... . / .-. --- -... --- - / -.-. --- -.. . ... TX THE ROBOT LIVES CW - .... . / .-. --- -... --- - / .-.. .. ...- . ... # prosign AR .-.-. (end of message) SK ...-.- (end of contact)
ascii 7-bit padded to 8
# sample — ASCII bytes, MSB first C 67 01000011 O 79 01001111 D 68 01000100 E 69 01000101 S 83 01010011 wire: 01000011 01001111 01000100 01000101 01010011
rot13 · letters only
# sample — Caesar 13, A-Z wrap plain the robot lives rot13 gur ebobg yvirf plain THE ROBOT CODES rot13 GUR EBOBG PBQRF # involution: rot13(rot13(x)) == x
hexdump -C
00000000 54 48 45 20 52 4f 42 4f 54 20 43 4f 44 45 53 |THE ROBOT CODES|
0000000f
# snippet (printed, not run)
def hex_row(s: str) -> str:
b = s.encode("ascii")
hx = " ".join(f"{c:02x}" for c in b)
return f"{hx:<48} |{s}|"reference · always on the page
International Morse for A–Z, and hex nibbles as four-bit patterns. Pin it next to the CRT.
the machine
Green dots and dashes on a CRT. A metal finger points at the pattern the way a brass key used to tap it. The robot does not improvise the alphabet — it recites it.
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No waitlist. No snippet eval. No package to install. The playground is the page: static samples, Morse in the chrome, binary on the rail. If you came to read the robot's codes, they are already on the glass.
The Robot Lives