DistOS 2019F 2019-09-11

Readings

The Mother of All Demos:

• Doug Engelbart Institute, "Doug's 1968 Demo". You may want to focus on the highlights or the annotated clips.
• Wikipedia's page on "The Mother of all Demos"

Discussion Questions

• What was surprising about what was demoed at the time? Compare what was shown to the then state of the art.
• What innovations are commonplace? What never caught on?
• How did the video and audio integrate with the computer system?
• What was the intended audience of this demo?