I’m Obsessed With Terminal-Based Application, So I Installed These Digital Antiques

How Using Omarchy Tiling Window Leads To Discovery Of These Classic Software

I’ve been using omarchy tiling window and TUI applications to prevent AI rotting my brain. The keybinds and command prompts necessitate muscle memory to counter the slops. Then I got attracted to TUI of all sorts — from Omawrite then YouTube-Tui, Cliamp, Vibez (Apple Music Tui). How these terminal-based applications’ small footprint and low memory usage really impress me.

Rediscovery

Recently, while clearing up the drawer, I found the HP 200LX Palm PC passed down by a friend in late 90’s when he upgraded to HP Jornada. I had some fun with the personal digital assistant (PDA) before its screen went dark few years down the road.

It was running DOS with Lotus 1–2–3 and Pocket Quicken with 1MB built-in RAM. That is the kind of resource efficiency that got me deeper into the TUI rabbit hole.