i guess old SIDs and STARs have more "real"  VORs intersections then modern. So they flyable by radio. modern charts too complicated for that :) it's realy hard to fly precisely by hand. and i usualy hand flying below 10 000 ft. anyway - that fun. long flights gives time to think of how to arrive, approach, land and so on.

CoastalDriver, in old times, do airports with complicated STARRs had 2 VOR\DME or its usual they had one plus several NDBs? 2 VOR\DME realy ease up arrival procedure.

and i guess that planes without GPS\FMS dont allow to fly RNAV STAR as i said in upper post? i guess they just directed to DME STAR?

So its cool for fun, and uncool in real world?