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Greenberg, S. (Editor/Abridger)
Historical video (1968): A research center for augmenting human intellect (Abridged) by Douglas C. Engelbart and William K. English, Bootstrap Institute. In ACM SIGGRAPH Video Review (an optional supplement of Computer Graphics). Volume 106, ACM Press. Videotape.
Type: Edited abridged video (refereed).

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Abstract.
This invited video is an edited record of Douglas Engelbart’s historic presentation of the NLS system at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco, December 8, 1968. Many concepts in today’s interfaces were first introduced and/or demonstrated in NLS. These include word processing, outlining, hierarchical hypermedia, mouse and one-hand keyboards, shared documents, messaging, electronic mail and filtering, video conferencing, and desktop conferencing through shared displays. The video captures what was projected onto a very large screen at the convention center. On stage was Engelbart at the control of NLS, whose output was displayed onto the public screen. Behind the scenes, Bill English and crew manned cameras and signal switchers connecting the convention center to their Menlo Park
laboratory 30 miles away.

Engelbart’s original 1.5 hour presentation was edited and abridged for the CSCW ’94 video program by Saul Greenberg. The goal was to emphasise his many seminal contributions to the field.

Further information: Engelhart, D.C. and English, W.K. (1968). A research center for augmenting human intellect. Proceedings of the Fall Joint Computer Conference, 33(1), ASIPS Press. Reprinted in Greif, I. (ed.) Computer Supported Cooperative Work: A book of readings. Morgan-Kaufmann, 1988.