Updating the screen has been accepted now for at least 40 years. Before then, there were computers without screens. People connected typewriters to them to get interactive input/output [1]. Before then, there were even trickier solutions.
Sometimes, remote terminals have broken layout, and people use the old editors again.
Sometimes, remote terminals have broken layout, and people use the old editors again.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter#Use_a...