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A USB interface to the "Mother of All Demos" keyset

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:36:27 +0000

Engelbart's demo also featured an input device known as the keyset, but unlike his other innovations, the keyset failed to catch on. The 5-finger keyset lets you type without moving your hand, entering characters by pressing multiple keys simultaneously as a chord. Christina Englebart, his daughter, loaned one of Engelbart's keysets to me. I constructed an interface to connect the keyset to USB, so that it can be used with a modern computer. The video below shows me typing with the keyset, using the mouse buttons to select upper case and special characters.

Tags: #chording #engelbart #hacks #hardware #usb

Loper OS » Engelbart’s Violin

Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:22:55 +0000

Computing pioneer Alan Kay tells us that a computer is “an instrument whose music is ideas.” This seems like a beautiful metaphor, until you realize that we have somehow ended up in a world where the profession of musician is nearly unknown. via Pocket

Tags: #engelbart #imported:pinboard #keyboards #microwriter

A few words on Doug Engelbart

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:55:44 +0000

If you attempt to make sense of Engelbart's design by drawing correspondences to our present-day systems, you will miss the point, because our present-day systems do not embody Engelbart's intent. Engelbart hated our present-day systems.

Tags: #computers #engelbart #imported:pinboard #inspiration #nls #to:fb

A few words on Doug Engelbart

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:55:44 +0000

Tags: #computers #engelbart #inspiration #nls #to:fb

Inventing the Mouse | collective iq

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:24:49 +0000

In the 1950s, Doug Engelbart set his sights on a lofty goal — to develop dramatically better ways to support intellectual workers around the globe in the daunting task of finding solutions to larger and larger problems with greater speed and effectiveness than ever before imagined. His goal was to revolutionize the way we work together on such tasks. He saw computers, at the time used only for number crunching, as a new medium for advancing the state of the art in collaborative knowledge work

Tags: #collaboration #engelbart #imported:pinboard #mouse #to:fb

Inventing the Mouse | collective iq

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:24:49 +0000

Tags: #collaboration #engelbart #mouse #to:fb

Teague Labs » Doug Engelbart’s Chorded Keyboard as a Multi-touch Interface

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:22:56 +0000

As designers, we all know that on-screen soft keyboards are cumbersome and rather slow to use due to their lack of physical texture and haptic feedback. And with the continual rise of touch screens on phones, tablets, and laptops, we got excited about giving the chorded keyboard another chance!

Tags: #chording #engelbart #javascript #keyboards #ui

Engelbart Mural

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:27:50 +0000

I want this as a poster!

Tags: #engelbart #graphics #history #murals #technology #vision

Alan Kay: The PC Must Be Revamped--Now

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:37:33 +0000

"in the last few years I've been asking computer scientists and programmers whether they've ever typed E-N-G-E-L-B-A-R-T into Google-and none of them have."

Tags: #alankay #compsci #computing #engelbart #future #pc

eekim.com Wiki: Doug Engelbart

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:27:47 +0000

"The most impressive thing about Doug is that he's an incredibly decent human being."

Tags: #eek #engelbart #wiki

Doug Engelbart: The Demo - Google Video

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:52:50 +0000

Tags: #engelbart #hypertext #mouse #nifty #outliners #research #ui #userinterface

Brad Neuberg: Coding In Paradise: OPML, Meet Douglas Engelbart

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:33:21 +0000

I haven't talked much about it, but Hyperscope uses OPML 2.0 as its native file format.

Tags: #engelbart #hyperscope #opml

Authorship Provisions in AUGMENT

Fri, 12 May 2006 11:28:45 +0000

"AUGMENT is a text processing system marketed by Tymshare for a multi-user, network environment."

Tags: #augment #engelbart

OpenAugment

Fri, 12 May 2006 11:07:37 +0000

"The OpenAugment Consortium is a not-for-profit open source corporation dedicated to the preservation of the Augment legacy."

Tags: #augment #engelbart #smalltalk

Augment Introductory Tutorial

Thu, 11 May 2006 18:00:59 +0000

"This file is a sort of " programmed text" for new users of Augment."

Tags: #augment #engelbart