Episode 55 - Project Xanadu
Advent of Computing
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The History of Computers in the Sixties
In the middle of the sixties, computers were very different from the data munching beasts that we deal with to day. The idea of free form data structured as a trail of associations was bubbling just under the surface. Nelson not only had a name for it, but he also had a simple and generic outline for how to implement it. Other researchers such as dug inglebart were starting to create implementations of hypertext like technology.
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