In the 70s-80s the old alphanumeric terminals from DEC, Wyse and others had something magical: you pressed the keys, you heard the "clack clack" of the keyboard, the electric hum of the terminal, the warmth of the CRT monitor, and you could almost feel the electric pulses that represented the bits flowing through the cables. You could watch the screens form character after character, and you had the feeling you could control every single bit.
Nostalgia for the old days? Partly yes, because today when you write you no longer know what happens, and sometimes you have the feeling that the AI is deciding for you, and you no longer control what happens in front of the monitor. I don't miss the past, because of a series of problems that luckily are gone now, but a certain sadness for the sense of magic that came through from those warm and noisy machines, yes.