Ha, My programming skills were limited to Q-basic. I was programming micro-controllers to drive servo motors and sensors (making robotic art at the time)

the vt100 stuff was to write papers for school. write the thing, set all your commands, send it off to print. Jump in the car drive to the school and stand in line to pick up your hot freshly plastic sealed paper. rip it open only to find you screwed up the font command where you then had to run to an open terminal and correct things and get back into line.

I do not whine about using a computer these days.