Triacomputer

📐 TRIAcomputer (Alpha 0)

“An Over-Engineered Retro Masterpiece for Geometric Computation.”

TRIAcomputer isn't just a calculator—it is a nostalgic, hardware-simulating, retro command-line experience. Built for terminal purists, developers, and digital collectors, this early Alpha 0 build transforms simple triangle geometry into a cinematic, old-school software boot sequence.

🕹️ The Experience

When you fire up the engine, your terminal initiates a high-octane cinematic interlocking double-triangle logo drop-in animation, followed immediately by a matrix-style hardware register diagnostics check.

Once inside the mission control panel, choose your geometry module. Watch a customized, frame-by-frame loading spinner (/ - \ |) finalize its calculations, giving you a physical code class="KDcb0c" jsaction="" jscontroller="hNviFe#redMub" data-sfc-root="c" jsuid="KM6Pxe_1s" data-sfc-cb="" data-complete="true" data-sae="" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(240, 242, 245);">👍) confirmation before revealing your mathematical results alongside a completely dynamic, aspect-ratio-scaled ASCII geometric diagram.

When your session concludes, call the exit protocol to trigger a gorgeous, row-by-row horizontal reveal of a retro locomotive train departure animation, shifting through raw color matrix channels before cleanly wiping your terminal workspace grid after a precise 2.7-second delay.

⚡ Alpha 0 Features

• Dual Geometry Engines: Separate standalone calculation profiles for Right-Angled and Isosceles triangles.
• Precision Math Matrix: Computes Area, Hypotenuse, Perimeter, and Symmetrical Side Lengths down to two decimal places with zero rounding issues.
• Dynamic ASCII Canvas Engine: The script actively reads your numerical inputs to draw a custom, true-to-scale visual diagram inside your console, adapting its width and height layout grid on the fly.
• Zero External Dependencies: Completely self-contained script frameworks. Runs flawlessly without needing outdated tools like bc.
• Cinematic Terminal FX: Packed with scrolling drop-ins, structural progress loading meters, variable-speed mechanical loaders, and vibrant ANSI chromatic color-flashing terminal transitions.

🖥️ System Requirements & Run Instructions

This package includes two distinct builds to ensure complete cross-platform optimization across all operating systems:

🐧 For Linux / macOS (triangle.sh)

Runs out-of-the-box natively using built-in terminal utilities.

1. Open your Terminal.
2. Grant execution permissions:bash

   chmod +x triangle.sh 

3. Run the script:bash

   ./triangle.sh 

🪟 For Windows (triangle.ps1)

Built natively for Windows PowerShell using optimized .NET math subsystems.

1. Open PowerShell in your script folder.
2. (Optional) If your local system execution policy is locked, lift it for this terminal session:powershell

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process 

3. Launch the application:powershell

   .\triangle.ps1 

👥 Credits & Project Hub

• Architecture & Design: Developed by Jalapenos (Jal)
• Official Download Hub: itch.io

📦 What's Inside the Download?

• triangle.sh — Color-mapped Bash script optimized for Unix environments.
• triangle.ps1 — Zero-dependency, native terminal script for Windows systems.
• README.txt — Quick integration and customization blueprint guide.