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This year marks the 50th anniversary of a spectacularly groundbreaking computer demonstration, known retroactively as "The Mother of All Demos". After this 90-minute demonstration at a 1968 computer conference in San Fransisco, Douglas Engelbart, previously considered something of a crackpot was described as a visionary, "dealing lightning with both hands".

This live presentation essentially demonstrated almost all the fundamental elements of modern personal computing: the first time they had been demonstrated together in a single system.

  • Windows

  • Hypertext

  • Graphics

  • Efficient navigation and command input

  • Video conferencing

  • The computer mouse

  • Word processing

  • Dynamic file linking

  • Revision control

  • A collaborative real-time editor

WHAT! Seeing all of that for the first time in 1968?! I know, pretty wild! Come and share this experience with fellow computer science and/or history enthusiasts. No prior knowledge of computer systems or any specific programming language is required to appreciate this landmark presentation.

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