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 .DS_Store
 baud
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## What this is
+
+A tool that runs an interactive shell behind a simulated serial (baud-rate) throttle,
+so that terminal output animates one character at a time instead of appearing all at
+once (e.g. to replay old VT100/ANSI animations that a fast terminal would render
+instantly).
+
+- `baudshell` — the program. Pure Python 3, self-contained: it launches `bash --norc`
+  in a PTY and throttles **both** directions of I/O in-process (no helper binary, no
+  `cc` build step).
+- `baud.c` — an *optional* standalone C pipe filter with the same throttling idea
+  (reads stdin, re-emits it one char per `10/baud` seconds to stdout). It is **not**
+  used by `baudshell`; it exists for the "throttle a piped animation file" use case,
+  e.g. `cat anim.ans | baud 9600`. It compiles independently (`cc baud.c -o baud`);
+  the `baud` binary it produces is gitignored.
+
+There is no build system, test suite, linter, or CI. Everything besides the two source
+files (the `baud` binary, `.DS_Store`) is in `.gitignore`.
+
+## Run
+
+No build step is needed for the shell:
+
+```sh
+./baudshell            # or: python3 baudshell
+./baudshell 2400       # simulate 2400 baud instead of the default 9600
+```
+
+`argv[1]`, if given, is the **baud rate** (a positive integer; default 9600, lower is
+slower). A non-integer or non-positive rate prints an error and exits 2.
+
+The program puts the terminal into raw mode and restores it on exit, so keystrokes
+reach the shell char-by-char. To leave, type `exit` in the shell (or close the
+terminal); the program detects the shell's exit and cleans up.
+
+## Architecture
+
+`baudshell` multiplexes two file descriptors with `select()`: the terminal
+(`sys.stdin`) and the PTY master. The single subprocess is `bash` (in its own session
+via `preexec_fn=os.setsid`, on the PTY slave); the throttle itself runs in-process.
+
+```
+keyboard ─► fd_term ─► throttled_copy ─► master ─► shell (bash)
+                                       │
+terminal ◄─ fd_term ◄─ throttled_copy ◄─ master ◄┘
+```
+
+- **Throttling is `throttled_copy(src, dst, baud)`**: read a chunk from `src`, then
+  write it to `dst` **one byte at a time, sleeping `10/baud` seconds between bytes**.
+  This runs for both directions — keystrokes are throttled into the shell, and the
+  shell's output is throttled out to the terminal, mirroring a real serial link.
+- `delay_per_char(baud)` returns `10/baud` seconds. A serial byte is 10 bits
+  (1 start + 8 data + 1 stop), so a line at `baud` bits/s carries `baud/10` bytes/s;
+  this is the same formula the original `baud.c` used.
+
+### End-of-stream / clean shutdown (the reason the old version hung)
+
+The loop breaks as soon as either copy returns `True` (stream finished), which is how
+the two termination cases are handled:
+
+- **Shell exits** (`master` reaches EOF) → stop, then reap the shell and propagate its
+  exit status. This is the fix for the original bug: the previous version ignored the
+  copy result and spun forever after the shell exited.
+- **stdin reaches EOF** (terminal closed / piped input drained) → stop, and
+  `shell.terminate()` kills the still-running shell.
+
+A `finally` block always restores the terminal's termios settings. Throttle math:
+rate must be `> 0`; unlike the C original, Python's `time.sleep` has no upper bound, so
+very low rates are accepted rather than rejected.
diff --git a/baudshell b/baudshell
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Run bash behind a simulated serial (baud-rate) throttle.
+
+Every byte of shell output -- and of your keyboard input -- is written one byte
+at a time, pausing between bytes by the amount implied by a serial line running
+at the chosen baud rate. The result is that output scrolls across the screen
+character by character, as it would on a real slow serial terminal, instead of
+appearing all at once. This makes old VT100/ANSI animations visible again: most
+terminal emulators render as fast as the machine allows, so they do not animate
+without a throttle.
+
+Usage:
+    ./baudshell [BAUD]
+
+BAUD  baud rate to simulate, in bits/second. Default: 9600. Lower is slower.
+
+When the shell exits (type `exit`), the program detects end-of-stream on the
+pseudo-terminal and shuts down cleanly, restoring the terminal to its original
+mode.
+"""
+import os
+import pty
+import sys
+import tty
+import termios
+import select
+import time
+import subprocess
+
+DEFAULT_BAUD = 9600
+SHELL = ["bash", "--norc"]
+CHUNK = 4096
+
+
+def delay_per_char(baud):
+    """Seconds to pause between bytes on a serial line at `baud` bits/second.
+
+    A serial byte is 10 bits (1 start + 8 data + 1 stop), so a line at `baud`
+    bits/second delivers baud/10 bytes/second, and one byte takes 10/baud
+    seconds.
+    """
+    return 10 / baud
+
+
+def throttled_copy(src, dst, baud):
+    """Copy from fd `src` to fd `dst` one byte at a time, pausing between bytes
+    to simulate a serial link at `baud`.
+
+    Returns True when the stream is finished -- `src` reached end-of-stream or
+    either end broke -- so the caller can stop. Returns False while more data
+    may still flow.
+    """
+    try:
+        data = os.read(src, CHUNK)
+    except OSError:
+        return True
+    if not data:
+        return True
+
+    step = delay_per_char(baud)
+    for byte in data:
+        try:
+            os.write(dst, bytes((byte,)))
+        except OSError:
+            return True
+        time.sleep(step)
+    return False
+
+
+def main():
+    baud = DEFAULT_BAUD
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        try:
+            baud = int(sys.argv[1])
+        except ValueError:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"Invalid baud rate: {sys.argv[1]!r}\n")
+            return 2
+        if baud <= 0:
+            sys.stderr.write(f"Invalid baud rate: {baud} (must be positive)\n")
+            return 2
+
+    fd_term = sys.stdin.fileno()
+
+    master, slave = pty.openpty()
+    shell = subprocess.Popen(
+        SHELL,
+        stdin=slave,
+        stdout=slave,
+        stderr=slave,
+        preexec_fn=os.setsid,
+        close_fds=True,
+    )
+    os.close(slave)
+
+    old = termios.tcgetattr(fd_term)
+    tty.setraw(fd_term)
+
+    exit_code = 0
+    try:
+        while True:
+            readable, _, _ = select.select([fd_term, master], [], [])
+
+            # Keyboard -> shell.  stdin reaching EOF (terminal closed, or piped
+            # input drained) means there is nothing more to feed in.
+            if fd_term in readable and throttled_copy(fd_term, master, baud):
+                break
+
+            # Shell -> terminal.  The master side reaching EOF means the shell
+            # process has exited; stop and fall through to cleanup.
+            if master in readable and throttled_copy(master, fd_term, baud):
+                break
+    finally:
+        # Always hand the terminal back in a usable state.
+        termios.tcsetattr(fd_term, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)
+        if shell.poll() is None:
+            shell.terminate()
+
+    # Reap the shell and propagate its exit status.
+    exit_code = shell.wait()
+    if exit_code is not None and exit_code < 0:
+        exit_code = 128 + (-exit_code)   # killed by signal N -> status 128+N
+    return exit_code
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/baudshell.py b/baudshell.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""pty_baud.py – run a shell behind two baud-rate simulators."""
-import os, pty, sys, tty, termios, select, subprocess
-
-BAUD  = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "baud"
-SHELL = ["bash", "--norc"]
-
-master, slave = pty.openpty()
-shell = subprocess.Popen(SHELL, stdin=slave, stdout=slave, stderr=slave,
-                         preexec_fn=os.setsid, close_fds=True)
-os.close(slave)
-
-baud_out = subprocess.Popen([BAUD], stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-baud_in  = subprocess.Popen([BAUD], stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                            stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-
-# ── flatten every endpoint to an int fd ──────────────────────────
-fd_term          = sys.stdin.fileno()
-fd_baud_in_stdin = baud_in.stdin.fileno()
-fd_baud_in_out   = baud_in.stdout.fileno()
-fd_baud_out_in   = baud_out.stdin.fileno()
-fd_baud_out_out  = baud_out.stdout.fileno()
-# master is already an int from openpty()
-
-old = termios.tcgetattr(fd_term)
-tty.setraw(fd_term)
-
-def pump(r, w):
-    try:
-        d = os.read(r, 4096)          # r is already an int
-    except OSError:
-        return False
-    if not d:
-        return False
-    try:
-        os.write(w, d)                # w is already an int
-    except OSError:
-        return False
-    return True
-
-try:
-    while True:
-        r, _, _ = select.select(
-            [fd_term, master, fd_baud_in_out, fd_baud_out_out],
-            [], [], 0.01)
-
-        if fd_term          in r: pump(fd_term,          fd_baud_in_stdin)
-        if master           in r: pump(master,           fd_baud_out_in)
-        if fd_baud_in_out   in r: pump(fd_baud_in_out,   master)
-        if fd_baud_out_out  in r: pump(fd_baud_out_out,  fd_term)
-except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    pass
-finally:
-    termios.tcsetattr(fd_term, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)
-    for p in (shell, baud_in, baud_out):
-        try: p.terminate()
-        except OSError: pass
-