At my high school circa 1980, the introductory computer course (on a PDP-11/34 running RSTS/E) had us write our first BASIC programs onto mark-sense cards (the same size and shape as punch cards, but you marked them with a pencil). I recall a field for the line number, another for a keyword (pick from a list), and then the remaining part of the card was for variables and operators.
After a couple go-rounds with that, we were then allowed to use the terminals, mostly Visual 200, with a few VT100s, an LA36, and an LA120. The Visual 200 wasn't a particularly good terminal; it seems there was always at least one out of order at any given time.
It's kind of scary that a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero is much faster and has vastly more RAM than the 11/34, which cost well north of $100K back then. Not to mention that there was a grand total of 28 MB of storage on that 11/34 in the form of two RK07 disk packs - you could fit thousands of RK07 images on a single 64 GB MicroSD card.
After a couple go-rounds with that, we were then allowed to use the terminals, mostly Visual 200, with a few VT100s, an LA36, and an LA120. The Visual 200 wasn't a particularly good terminal; it seems there was always at least one out of order at any given time.
It's kind of scary that a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero is much faster and has vastly more RAM than the 11/34, which cost well north of $100K back then. Not to mention that there was a grand total of 28 MB of storage on that 11/34 in the form of two RK07 disk packs - you could fit thousands of RK07 images on a single 64 GB MicroSD card.