Greg Aharonian wrote:
>>> But first, SlashDot (a Web site for programmers) reports that British
Telecom's claim on hyperlinks has another challenge (beyond the piece of
prior art I cited). Someone has dug up video evidence, shot in 1968 at
a
computer conference, that purports to show the first public
demonstration
of hypertext. Around a thousand delegates are supposed to have attended
the demo, so even if the tape cannot be authenticated, it should still
be
possible to find an oldtimer to testify to what he saw.<<<
The first mention & possible demonstration of hypertext that I recall
was at an ASIS meeting in the late 70's (San Francisco? 1977?). Since
online searching of any kind was just starting to appear in the late
60's, the tape in question may have been of a demo of that. For
example, routine batch searching -- mostly current awareness but some
retrospective -- appeared in the 60's (CAS Chem Titles, ISI ASCA,
etc.). The first demo I saw of a prototype online searching system was
for a CAS Chem Condensates prototype at the Spring 1969 ACS meeting.
-- Bob Buntrock
Buntrock Associates, Inc.
(usual disclaimers)
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