Nice ... a trip down memory lane for some of us.
How may here have played Asteroids on a video-game console in an arcade?
How many here have programmed on a VAX 11/750 (or any other VAX)? What language did you use?
How may here have worked with vector graphics?
Oh, yes ... the VT100.
I miss it. It had the second best keyboard ever. Best keyboard ever was the IBM Selectric typewriter.
Growing up, I knew a guy who worked at an arcade.
He got so good at Asteroids, that he could walk away from the console to perform his work, and he'd start losing ships (obviously). He'd be away for 30 minutes or more, and STILL have ships available to play when he returned.
Never worked with an 11/750. I did assist in the management of an 11/780 though.
I did! Early digital typesetters at that time (late eighties).