Everyone liked the visual effect of The Matrix movie where you could see a series of green characters scrolling across the black screen from top to bottom. This article shows you how to reproduce this effect using the Windows "Command Prompt".
Steps
Step 1. Launch the "Notepad" text editor
Step 2. Type the following lines of code into the blank document in the "Notepad" program window (omitting the quotes and respecting the layout you see):
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@echo off
color 02
: start
echo% random%% random%% random%% random%% random% ;
- "goto start".
Step 3. Access the "File" menu and select the "Save as" item
Save the newly created document as a batch file. Name the file "Matrix.bat" (without quotes).
Step 4. Run the newly created batch file as a system administrator
Step 5. To view the "Command Prompt" window in full screen, select the header bar with the right mouse button
Step 6. Choose the "Properties" item
Step 7. Go to the "Layout" tab
Step 8. Type your computer monitor resolution into the text fields visible in the "Window Size" section
Step 9. Press the "OK" button to apply the changes
Step 10. To stop running the program, press the "Ctrl + C" key combination and the "Y" key on your keyboard in succession
Advice
Try to use colors other than those indicated. You can choose the code "color A2" or "color 2A" to display characters with a light green tint on a dark green background. You can use any combination of the numbers "0" to "9" and the letters "A" to "F" to choose the coloring to use for the text and background
Warnings
- To exit the full screen display mode of the "Command Prompt" do not press the "ESC" key, but use the "ALT + Enter" key combination.
- If you are using a system with Windows 7, to exit the full screen mode, press the key combination "Ctrl + Shift + Esc" or "Ctrl + Alt + Del" if you are using a computer with Windows XP.