The text mode on the framebuffer was terrible on most machines, too. Still, stop-a and then e.g. 3719 824 + 53 * . when you needed a little bit of arithmet

The text mode on the framebuffer was terrible on most machines, too. Still, stop-a and then e.g. 3719 824 + 53 * . when you needed a little bit of arithmetic help was always a possibility ;)