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To: "Robert Buntrock" <buntrock2@earthlink.net>,
"Gregory Aharonian" <srctran@world.std.com>,
<piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk>,
"CHMINF-L" <CHMINF-L@listserv.indiana.edu>
Bob,
Please keep in mind that not all the early prototype demonstrations of
online searching were what we would call "real online searching". Some of
them involved online transmission of the question and online transmission of
the answers. The searching, however, was done the old fashioned way - look
up in printed indexes by people. Being one of looker-uppers for some of
these early demos was quite interesting.
Mike O'Hara
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Buntrock <buntrock2@earthlink.net>
To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>; <piug-l@derwent.tecc.co.uk>;
CHMINF-L <CHMINF-L@listserv.indiana.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: PATNEWS: Are patent abstract now deliberately written short?
The UK?
>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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