Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another wonderful tidbit, Herb. Thanks!!! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:55 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > In 1963, Doug Engelbart invented the mouse as a fundamental part of a > computer system that he was developing. What is displayed is a replica of > his original version. It had two sharp-edged wheels whose axes were at > right angles to each other. If you look large, you can see one of those > wheels on the left. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002811.jpg.html > > In 1969, Doug gave a demonstration of his system at a conference in San > Francisco. I was there! He captivated his audience, moving documents > around on the screen and demonstrating hyperlinks from one document to > another. It became known as "The mother of all demonstrations," largely > because nothing crashed. Doug was in his laboratory at Stanford Research > Institute in Menlo Park, CA, about forty miles from San Francisco. The > television signal was microwaved to a van on Skyline Drive, a road 2000 > feet up on a mountain ridge between him and the Pacific Ocean. The van > then relayed the signal to the auditorium in San Francisco. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >