But if you had to use that software now, you'd say (justly) that it's extremely basic and limited, and that interoperability with other systems is not great.
Fully agreed. When I tried my old Commodore a while ago I couldn't stand the 50Hz screen flicker for long. Unbelievable that back in the day I spent hours on hours in front of that stroboscope.
For me it's more about the excitement that the bright future lay ahead of us so clearly mixed with a slight disappointment that I sometimes feel we could have made more out of it.
But if you had to use that software now, you'd say (justly) that it's extremely basic and limited, and that interoperability with other systems is not great.
What can be done ≠ what's comfortable to use.