1968 - at Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco live interactive demonstrations of computing were made. Work of the ARC (Augmentation Research Center) was displayed at the conference.
"A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect" by Engelbart and English discusses the purpose and inner-workings of the facility.
-> experimental lab that works with interactive, multi-console computer display system
-> purpose is to develop a system that can augment intellectual capacity
-> utlized User Systems which included individual file space, work stations (tv displays, typewriters keyboards, mouse, and chord handsets), structured files for organization in heirarchal order, the sudying of files was done within user systems, files were modified/changed, files sent to output devices, files compiled and debugged, calculations done, and on-line conferencing utilized
-> service-sytem software as well as service-system hardware were studied and developed at the lab
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