How it all began

Onkel Neal · 04-07-10, 08:44 PM

"We don't know why we call it a mouse..."

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On December 9, 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, CA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the online system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The public presentation was a session of the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1,000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse. But the mouse was only one of many innovations demonstrated that day, including hypertext, object addressing and dynamic file linking, as well as shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface.

Special note: Clips 3, 5, 12, & 16

Wolfehunter · 04-08-10, 08:01 AM

That mouse is so ergonomic.. yay..

AVGWarhawk · 04-08-10, 09:34 AM

And then carpal tunnel set in

SteamWake · 04-08-10, 10:13 AM

I want a perfectly responsible workstation

04-08-10, 08:01 AM	#2
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04-08-10, 09:34 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,825 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	And then carpal tunnel set in __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-08-10, 10:13 AM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I want a perfectly responsible workstation __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648