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University of Utah 1 Office Automation Progression: -Big number crunchers -Interactive tools for data processing -Hobbyist toys
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University of Utah 2 Office Automation Progression: -Big number crunchers -Interactive tools for data processing -Hobbyist toys -Tools for normal people’s work
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University of Utah 3 Word Processing Early attempts -IBM MTST (1964) -Wang 1200 (1974)
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University of Utah 4 Word Processing Wang WPS (1976) -First time a computer could be called “user- friendly” -distributed system -$30,000 http://www.atariarchives.org/deli/wang_terminal.jpg
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University of Utah 5 Wang Laboratories Core Memory Calculators Minicomputers Word Processing
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University of Utah 6 Xerox PARC DARPA: cut funding -Why? Xerox: feared “paperless office” -founded PARC (1970)
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University of Utah 7 Xerox PARC DARPA: cut funding -Why? Xerox: feared “paperless office” -founded PARC (1970) Result: -Researchers leave universities and join Xerox PARC
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University of Utah 8 Xerox PARC GUI -“Windows, Icons, Menus, Point-&-click” Ethernet Laser printer
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University of Utah 9 Xerox PARC GUI -“Windows, Icons, Menus, Point-&-click” Ethernet Laser printer Mouse? -No.
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University of Utah 10 10 Doug Engelbart Mouse (1967) -two perpendicular wheels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Firstmouseunderside.jpg
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University of Utah 11 11 Doug Engelbart Mouse Demo (1968) -Joint Computer Conference (San Francisco)
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University of Utah 12 12 Video Clip
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University of Utah 13 13 First GUI-based computer (1973) Not marketed commercially Xerox Alto http://pullmoll.stop1984.com/alto/
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University of Utah 14 14 Screenshots Xerox Alto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alto_trek.jpg http://pullmoll.stop1984.com/alto/
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University of Utah 15 15 Xerox Star First commercial GUI computer (1981)
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University of Utah 16 16 Xerox Star First commercial GUI computer (1981) Did not sell well.
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University of Utah 17 17 Let’s reflect Now GUI’s are everywhere. So why did the early systems fail?
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University of Utah 18 18 “Test Question” On a scrap of paper, write a question that encapsulates one of the points from today's class, and turn it in. (Put your name on it!)
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