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?