Alan Kay shows the Rand tablet

Name: Alan Kay shows the Rand tablet
Uploaded: 2010-04-05T19:16:36Z
Duration: 2 min 16 s
Channel: Larry press
Description: A short clip in which Alan Kay shows the RAND tablet, an early pen-and-tablet input device from the 1960s. It is posted by Larry Press, who writes about early interactive computing. Kay presents the device as a precursor of later pen and graphics-input work. Submitted to HN twice, nine years apart, as a rare look at a foundational input device shown by someone who knew it.

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A short clip in which Alan Kay shows the RAND tablet, an early pen-and-tablet input device from the 1960s. It is posted by Larry Press, who writes about early interactive computing. Kay presents the device as a precursor of later pen and graphics-input work.

Submitted to HN twice, nine years apart, as a rare look at a foundational input device shown by someone who knew it.

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