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

www.righto.com
2025-03-23T19:36:27.236Z
engelbart hardware hacks usb chording

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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.

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Loper OS » Engelbart’s Violin

www.loper-os.org
2013-08-11T17:22:55.000Z
microwriter engelbart keyboards imported:pinboard

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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

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A few words on Doug Engelbart

worrydream.com
2013-07-04T01:55:44.000Z
to:fb engelbart computers nls inspiration imported:pinboard

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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.

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Inventing the Mouse | collective iq

collectiveiq.wordpress.com
2013-04-12T19:24:49.000Z
to:fb mouse collaboration engelbart imported:pinboard

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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

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

labs.teague.com
2012-02-10T00:22:56.000Z
engelbart keyboards ui chording javascript imported:pinboard

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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!

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Engelbart Mural

programforthefuture.org
2008-12-02T16:27:50.000Z
engelbart murals graphics history technology vision imported:pinboard

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I want this as a poster!

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Alan Kay: The PC Must Be Revamped--Now

www.cioinsight.com
2007-03-06T06:37:33.000Z
alankay engelbart computing compsci pc future imported:pinboard

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"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."

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eekim.com Wiki: Doug Engelbart

www.eekim.com
2006-09-07T02:27:47.000Z
engelbart eek wiki imported:pinboard

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

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Doug Engelbart: The Demo - Google Video

video.google.com
2006-08-18T06:52:50.000Z
outliners engelbart hypertext mouse research ui userinterface nifty imported:pinboard

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

codinginparadise.org
2006-08-11T03:33:21.000Z
opml hyperscope engelbart imported:pinboard

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

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Authorship Provisions in AUGMENT

www.bootstrap.org
2006-05-12T11:28:45.000Z
augment engelbart imported:pinboard

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

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OpenAugment

www.openaugment.org
2006-05-12T11:07:37.000Z
augment engelbart smalltalk imported:pinboard

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

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Augment Introductory Tutorial

www.invisiblerevolution.net
2006-05-11T18:00:59.000Z
augment engelbart imported:pinboard

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

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Brad Neuberg: Coding In Paradise: Mockup of HyperScope

codinginparadise.org
2006-04-28T11:31:57.000Z
nifty webdev augment engelbart hyperscope imported:pinboard

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"I've created a screencast mockup of what the HyperScope UI might look like."

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I, Cringely . NerdTV . Transcript | PBS

www.pbs.org
2005-12-14T04:54:00.000Z
engelbart nerdtv compsci imported:pinboard

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"We're back again at Doug Engelbart's house, trying to do another edition of Nerd TV. Doug, thanks for having us here."

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Fibreculture: First tape, Interview Between Doug Engelbart & Belinda Barnet, 10th Nov, 1999

www.fibreculture.org
2005-07-29T11:49:35.000Z
ui augment posthumanity engelbart compsci imported:pinboard

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"Do you want to be locked into tricycles because they're easy to learn?"

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