Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100) · Nikhil Jha
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The VT-100 is an interesting piece of computer history. Is it compatible enough with modern terminals to continue to use today?
This is not AI generated or edited or ideated. I communicate worse when another entity communicates on my behalf. Go direct? made a little terminal explainer, based on the original terminal pic.twitter.com/cdYCTN7jAn - nikhil (@jhanikhil) April 28, 2026 I spent the last few weeks making a coding agent for the terminal. This strikes me as anachronistic: the terminal is technology from before my lifetime, and I’m using it as the interface to exhilarating, terrifying, cutting-edge, trillion dollar modern day research. I find the juxtaposition nice. It’s a reminder that I build on what came before
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