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In 1968, Douglas Engelbart revolutionized computing by showing the mouse, hyper… |
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Engelbart's demo was like a PowerPoint presentation over Zoom, projected on… |
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Post #AsLrUGTgpdMEmif5KS by [email protected] |
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In the 1970s, some members of Engelbart's team moved to Xerox PARC. They pu… |
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@kenshirriff I wonder who might have worked hard to restore one of those to fun… |
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Post #AsLrUH5cYbhOgMPNS4 by [email protected] |
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Engelbart's demo was later called "The Mother of All Demos". But … |
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Post #AsLsxSUDMbHkNeOL7Q by [email protected] |
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@simonzerafa @kenshirriff I did. Years before Marc et. al. and had it running i… |
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Post #AsLsxSawxYfmiXXicK by [email protected] |
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@bitsavers @kenshirriff Wow. Someone seems to be getting a little bit techy. I … |
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Post #AsLuCceZwc92DA2ASW by [email protected] |
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In 1994, Wired writer Steven Levy wrote a book "Insanely Great: The Life a… |
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Post #AsLuCclJXZX4Y3BXxQ by [email protected] |
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Engelbart's daughter, Christina Engelbart, loaned me a keyset, so I built a… |
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Post #AsLuCcrh9qdWrqAdu4 by [email protected] |
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Here's the vintage keyset with my USB interface. I used an Arduino-like mic… |
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Post #AsLuCcxinRSPAWzSIS by [email protected] |
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This reference card explains what keyset presses and mouse buttons generate eac… |
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Post #AsLuCd4SOOqRVQ8pnM by [email protected] |
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Engelbart's software ran on a large Scientific Data Systems (SDS) 940 compu… |
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Post #AsLuCdBBzMETqJIDIG by [email protected] |
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For more on Engelbart, the Mother of All Demos, and my keyset interface, see my… |
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Post #AsLuCdHvaJcWBCRanA by [email protected] |
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Thanks to Christina Engelbart for loaning me the keyset.Credits: images of the … |
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Post #AsLuCdOfBH0YW5ayI4 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff hah, they cut the good bit for the chorded keyboard!, heh. |
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Post #AsM1WEVo6vuuoCEHNQ by [email protected] |
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A minor correction:Bill English invented the mouse. I knew him and Doug persona… |
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Post #AsMAgAPx5VaUaqIntw by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff ... reminds me of the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph. |
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Post #AsMAveyBmHOBh1hhY0 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff After I broke a collar bone in 2001, I did hurriedly look at optio… |
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Post #AsMAvf4vNEmE1ur52u by [email protected] |
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@stevel @kenshirriff have a look at the artsey.io keyboard!https://artsey.io/ |
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Post #AsMAxFk6Xhwm20sLq4 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff that keyset is like a more advanced form of a telegraph key. Very … |
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Post #AsMCcktthdeKUdoHVQ by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff That's a very simple code for the letters - for those who thin… |
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Post #AsMCdAM73s4dROCfSK by [email protected] |
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Ken, it makes a terrible replacement for a full-size keyboard, but iirc some bl… |
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Post #AsMCe5SSkw1OXac2lc by [email protected] |
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@simonzerafa @kenshirriff Marc et. al. appear to be unaware of the decades that… |
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Post #AsMCe5Y8PqYgpBGZbk by [email protected] |
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@bitsavers @kenshirriff It's clearly bothering you so please do deal with i… |
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Post #AsMChOzsZDYi0ap7oW by [email protected] |
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@penguin42 @kenshirriff I came here to see if the Microwriter would be mentione… |
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Post #AsMChlrrXBoQwOFY0m by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Before the Alto, members of the SRI team (English, Duval, et al) b… |
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Post #AsMCi3P6KrV9KOvpgG by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Wow, they didn't even have lorem ipsum back then |
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Post #AsMCj0wox8Wy04A5vk by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Interesting, thanks, I had heard of a keyset but I never knew how … |
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Post #AsMCjlXFk10OUNYq6S by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff In 1977 and 1978, I was a high school nerd in Kansas City who went… |
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@kenshirriff He was mostly there to talk Forth, but a bunch of us were curious … |
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Post #AsMCk2pFSMV8776x0q by [email protected] |
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@bitsavers @simonzerafa Al, we are grateful to you for the Alto boards that you… |
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Post #AsMClMCmtASWVZkORs by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff only, perhaps, to people who already know how to type? |
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Post #AsMClSfMrosyXxAIpU by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff And I haven't even mustered the courage to learn Dvorak. Yet. … |
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Post #AsMClaff6bsHNBMeOm by [email protected] |
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@simonzerafa @bitsavers @kenshirriff well, it is, because I didnt know. I have … |
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Post #AsMCnotbBn1I4MwjHU by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Engelbart invented the mouse, a 2nd, most probably independent, ti… |
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Post #AsMCoHAE5YxPk2wP5M by [email protected] |
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@penguin42 @kenshirriff my Achilles heel is not looking things up. I designed o… |
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@kenshirriff Not all ideas have to be perfect... but you got to love the braide… |
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Post #AsMCr2r1kRncEJHV2W by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Via PeerTubeThe Mother of All Demos is a name given retrospectivel… |
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Post #AsMCrMtXEpgmNsbmj2 by [email protected] |
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@teajaygrey I interviewed Bill English in 2014 and he told me more about the in… |
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Post #AsMCtGFCw3XoKyeFFY by [email protected] |
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@teajaygrey It's a complex situation. It doesn't help that according to… |
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Post #AsMCudO0Nc5SOsPyGO by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff Steve Roberts built something functionally similar into the handle… |
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Post #AsMCuruQNsL1RTh3js by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff @gvwilson There was a device called the micro writer that used cho… |
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@kenshirriff @gvwilson In fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwriter |
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Post #AsMCwddYQ0Cfl0e8iO by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I'll bet that Engelbert could read 5 bit Baudot paper tape by … |
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@kenshirriff thank you for sharing - interesting. was wondering if there was re… |
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Post #AsMCycRPpqZucyugN6 by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff maybe Englebart was a piano player? |
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Post #AsNWUKBBMOnPXl70Ay by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff "Father of all streamers" |
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Post #AsNWz4uSBPWLA6x4MK by [email protected] |
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@f4grx @kenshirriff this is exactly what I needed! Maybe I should get some prep… |
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Post #AsNXOsH5mWj9VMqE8u by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff the concept of chorded typing is just so satisfying to me i love m… |
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@kenshirriff I’ve finally got my Emacs config just how I like it |
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@kenshirriff That's fascinating, I didn't realize the keyset was intend… |
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@cameron_talley The keyset encoding is essentially binary. https://oldbytes.spa… |
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@kenshirriff i’ve looked at the keyset many times at the CHMi’ve been turni… |
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Post #AsNY7qwzYGp8Qft3WS by [email protected] |
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@kenshirriff I took some time to process the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lett… |
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@kenshirriff (if curious about "why those symbols", i'm an ardent… |
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@vik has made a free hw/sw version of this called the quirkey. More info here h… |
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@bigblenMost of the work was in the usage/assembly/training docs rather than th… |
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@kenshirriff it works completely differently but the idea reminds me of the Mic… |
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@kenshirriff Interesting that he just chorded in binary order, rather than putt… |
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@kenshirriff The knee interface you mention in the footnotes is an intriguing b… |
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@kenshirriff i put the "typing simulator" up on the homepage since it… |
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@tychi @kenshirriff Having been interested in chording and owning several devic… |
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@c0dec0dec0de @penguin42 @kenshirriff Looking things up can rob you of discover… |
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@kenshirriff kinda weird trumpet fingering chart |
