[Leica] Mouse (Computer History Museum)

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

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
> 
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