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The Mother of All Demos: Douglas Engelbart, 1968

Marcel · Demo · YouTube title: The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)
Why it's here

HN treats it as an essential piece of computing history that shows how many modern interface ideas were already solved in 1968.

What it covers

The full recording of Douglas Engelbart's 1968 demonstration, which introduced the mouse, hypertext, video conferencing, word processing, and real-time collaborative editing. It runs about 100 minutes.