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The terminal menu driven interfaces were archaic but a dream.

You had help, everything was explained in manuals, they rejected invalid outputs. Now everything is close eyes, press enter and pray it works.

Siemens ISDX was what I worked with. To build a new corporate extension was something like option 5-2-1-1 ext code Y 2-4-7 and then 9 to confirm.

Simpler times.

> The terminal menu driven interfaces were archaic but a dream.

MicroCenter (by me, at least) still uses what looks like some terminal interface for checkout and such in stores.

It's a riot cause it's all young kids and all the keyboards are RGB gamer ones. I've never seen a faster checkout at a register.