[Leica] Mouse (Computer History Museum)

[johnbeal2 at gmail.com (John Beal)]

The demo is a fascinating glimpse into our collective computing future.
 Here is a link to the demo - http://vimeo.com/1408300




On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> 
wrote:

>
> Very interesting, fills a gap in my very modest knowledge of computer
> history! Thanks.Jean-Michel
>  > From: kanner at acm.org
> > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:55:23 -0800
> > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > Subject: [Leica] Mouse (Computer History Museum)
> >
> > 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.
> >
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