Hi Zadjii I really appreciate you answering. If it's a 25 year old code base, wouldn't a rewrite be easier? What's the process of taking something like that and trying to modernize it?
And, no, simply rewriting the Console is not an option: Entire businesses' core systems depend on the Console, its specific behaviors, and even its bugs.
If we break existing behaviors we get to hear about who we've broken very, VERY quickly ;)