Ken Shirriff @kenshirriff@oldbytes.space
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In 1968, Douglas Engelbart revolutionized computing by showing the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative computing in "The Mother of All Demos". Most of his ideas are now part of everyday computing, but one device—the keyset—failed to catch on. Let's look at Engelbart's demo and the keyset. 1/N

The keyset is an input device with five long, flat keys, similar to piano keys but thinner. The device and the keys are beige. A braided wire cord exits the device at the top.An image from Engelbart's demo. At the top, the screen shows lines of text. The bottom of the image shows Engelbart at a special desk. The desk has a keyboard in the center with a keyset on the left and a mouse on the right.
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